Harvest of record olive in the Denomination of Origin ‘Sierra Mágina'

When hardly they have passed some days from the closing of the last almazaras of the region, the Regulatory Council of ‘Sierra Mágina' has realizar the balance of this campaign that has been so extensive in production, like extensiva in the time. And it is that when it began on 20 October the manufacturing of the extra oils-early or Premium that at present present to the most prestigious contests, was not easy to suppose that it would surpass the figure of harvest of olive, and that the almazaras would remain opened until the second fortnight of March.

Like result the official figure of production has been of 219.500 tonnes of olive, which supposes almost 10% more than the record of the campaign 11/12, and surpasses in more than four times the previous harvest 12/13, where hardly reached the 50.000 tonnes of olive. In this sense, the rain of the months of December and January has been a key factor, since it has allowed that an increase of the weight of the fruit and a recovery of the olive grove affected by the drought of the autumn. However, the balance of oil produced is of 48.200 tonnes, very similar to the harvest 11/12, and this explains by a lower performance, of 21,95%, almost two inferior points to the harvest referred.

In spite of the abundant harvest, the production of oil with the category of extra virgin of the Denomination of Origin ‘Sierra Mágina' has reached the 7.800 tonnes, which guarantee the supply of extra virgin to the consumers of the 44 marks inscribed in the Council, and even will have to sell a part to granel. However, this figure is inferior to other campaigns, because of the frosts of the second fortnight of November. Besides, the sales of oil with the precinta and guarantee of the Denomination of Origin situate in the surroundings of the two million litres packed.

Jesús Subtle, manager of the Denomination of Origin has aimed that “the balance that do from the Regulatory Council is positive, regarding that this harvest of olive has supposed an increase of the activity and in the generation of employment in the municipalities of our region, and an even greater effort for achieving a production of extra virgin more than sufficient for the increasing demand of the marks inscribed, which expect that the price of the oil, especially the extra virgin, attain recompensar the effort realizar from the olivareros until the almazaras to obtain a product of the best quality”. For this, will continue with the activities of divulging and promotion of the quality of these oils, “that has carried them to participate in the contests agroalimentarios more important of the year, in addition to his bet for tying the product to the gastronomy”, has added.