Our top selling Portuguese Cobrancosa has returned… and this harvest is a special edition: Cobra Reserve. This phenomenal oil was harvested and crushed in under an hour from trees grown in rocky Portuguese soil. This particular batch displays bitter, herbaceous notes of radicchio and salad greens, with pronounced floral notes on the backend. Loads of pungency! Our partner producer (SAOV) in Portugal uses a high vacuum during malaxation (churning of the olives) to remove all of the oxygen during this processing stage where the oil spends the most time and is most prone to oxidation. This cutting edge and very technical method preserves the phenolic content, the overall chemistry, plus the flavor characteristics, all while reducing other oxidation markers. Harvest Date: October 2025 Country of Origin: Portugal Intensity: Robust Fruitiness: 6.2 Bitterness: 5.7 Pungency: 5.2 Chemistry: Biophenols: 626ppm DAGs: 97.58 Oleic Acid: 73.58 FFA: .12 Peroxide Value: 3.1 Smoke Point: 406°F.
