Quinta do Tedo Olive Oil

Our extra-virgin organic olive oil is fruity and soft, yet with a bitter, peppery "kick" to it. It expresses a full mid-mouth and a long finish.

Let Quinta do Tedo olive oil work its magic as a dressing in a simple salad of roasted peppers, onions and tomatoes, to slowly stew onion, garlic, pepper and bay leaf foundations for savory and delicious recipes, or to create an irresistible aromatic olive oil cake.

At Quinta do Tedo we have about 14  acres in olives. Our 800 olive trees range between 50 and 100 years old. The main varieties are cordovil, verdial, carrasquenha and moleirinha.

The Douro Valley's arid, Mediterranean climate, very low yearly rainfall (18 in) and mineral-heavy, schist soils makes for olive oil with concentrated flavors. We harvest the trees at the end of November, at which point the olives are very ripe (vs in Italy they usually harvest in October, which gives Italian olive oil that green spiciness). All it takes is hitting the trees with large sticks to have it raining olives! The olive oil is pressed using a cold method of extraction.