The oli nou season has begun — Catalan for “new oil”. We are gathering this harvest’s oil from small farms and cooperatives in Catalonia and will open sales in the coming weeks. Leave your email and we’ll tell you first.
What oli nou is
Only once a year
Oli nou is made from the first olives of the season, from October to January, while they are still green or just starting to turn.
It comes out a deep green, pleasantly bitter, with a peppery kick at the end. It is made for only a few weeks a year, and it shows its character best when freshly pressed.
- Season
- October – January
- Colour
- deep green
- Taste
- grassy, bitter, peppery
How to tell
You can see freshness on the label and taste it
Four things you can check yourself, wherever you buy your oil.
Harvest date
Look for the harvest date or season on the label (for example, 2026/27). A best-before date does not tell you when the olives were picked.
Dark glass or a tin
Light spoils oil. A dark bottle or a tin protects it; a clear bottle under shop lights does not.
Bitterness and pepper
A young oil from green olives is often bitter and catches a little in the throat. That is not a flaw: it is a sign the oil is fresh.
Away from light and heat
At home, keep it tightly closed in a cool cupboard, away from the hob. Once opened, it is best used within a few months.
How we’ll choose
From grove to table, without extra links in the chain
We are not selling anything yet. These are the rules we will use to choose each oil:
- We will visit the farms and taste the oil before we sell it.
- We will work with small farms and cooperatives.
- Every bottle will name the farm and the harvest date.
- A fair price for the people who make the oil and for you.
- Sizes from 0.5 to 5 litres.
Where it will come from
Five lands, five characters
We will look for oil in Catalonia’s five olive-growing areas with a protected designation of origin. We are not naming farms yet: we want to visit them first.
Les Garrigues
- Nearest town
- Les Borges Blanques
- Varieties
- arbequina
The dry interior of Lleida, home of arbequina. Fruity, gentle oils, often with a hint of green almond.
Siurana
- Nearest town
- Cornudella de Montsant
- Varieties
- arbequina
Mountains around the Montsant, inland from Tarragona. Olive trees on terraces; delicate, fruity oils.
Terra Alta
- Nearest town
- Gandesa
- Varieties
- empeltrearbequina
High, windy land near the Ebro. Empeltre rules here, giving sweet, rounded oils.
Baix Ebre-Montsià
- Nearest town
- Tortosa – Amposta
- Varieties
- morrudafarga
Around the Ebro delta, with olive trees hundreds and even a thousand years old. Oils with more body and bitterness.
Empordà
- Nearest town
- Figueres
- Varieties
- arbequina
In the north, between the tramontane wind and the sea. Arbequina and local varieties; fresh, grassy oils.
What we’re preparing
What we’re preparing
First
The first batches of oli nou
Oil from this harvest, in small quantities, as soon as we open.
In the works
The club: first to taste
The first oils of each harvest, rare varieties and micro-lots that never reach the shops, before anyone else. We’re getting it ready.
Soon
Gifts for the holidays
Oil with the story of the farm, to give to friends or from your company.
Waiting list
Be among the first
Tell us what interests you and where you live. It helps us decide what to launch first and where to send the oil.
Questions
Questions
- When do sales open?
- We will open in the coming weeks. If you are on the waiting list, we will email you.
- Where do you deliver?
- We will announce it before we open. Write your city in the form: it helps us decide where to start.
- Why not just buy it at the supermarket?
- At the supermarket it is hard to know which farm an oil comes from and when the olives were picked. We will put both on every bottle, and work with small farms that rarely make it onto supermarket shelves.