THE ARBEQUINA OLIVE

It is the most widely found variety in Catalonia, it originated from the Arbeca Village (located very close to our mill) where you can find the most ancient plantations which have been cultivated the traditional way for generations. Currently, due to the great quality of the obtained oil, olive trees of the Arbequina variety are being planted all over the world. In most of the cases they are intensive plantations (fast-growth, big production plants) capable of producing quality oil, but never comparable to ours oil.

The olive tree
The olive tree has strong roots and well ramify. The roots are differents, depends like it has been planted. If the tree has been planted from a seed, it will has a vertical principal root in the case of the seedling haven't any principal root. This root grows horizontally. In time, the union of this roots with the trunk constitutes the "soca".