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Best Olive Oil

Sample edition. Every oil, medal, laboratory value, and price in this release is illustrative. None of it is a real competition result.

How the sample set works
Studio pour. Not a ranked oil.
SampleRobust

Picual de Sierra

Oro de Jaén

70.0

Sample score · out of 100

Jaén, Spain · Picual · Harvest 2025 · Rank 3

Sample score

out of 100

Competition
63.7
Laboratory
84.6

Weights applied: competition 70% · laboratory 30%.

How this score is built

Fictional sample profile. Not a real bottle.

Tomato leaf, fig leaf, and black pepper. The sample medals are spread across three years so recency is visible without knocking a serious Picual out of the top half.

Medals in the formula

CompetitionYearMedalPointsCounted in the top three
Mario Solinas Quality AwardIntense2026Gold78.4080 × 0.98 × 1.00Counted in the top three
NYIOOC World Olive Oil CompetitionRobust2025Gold64.0080 × 1.00 × 0.80Counted in the top three
Flos Olei2026Silver48.7258 × 0.84 × 1.00Panel score 90 · Stored, not used in version 1.0.0Counted in the top three

Laboratory panel

Sample measurement from the fictional Sample Laboratory. Not a certificate, and not a basis for a label claim.

Sample Laboratory · Dated 28 January 2026

Method. Illustrative panel. Not a certificate.

Polyphenols540 mg/kg

Sub-score 78.0. High for the oils people argue about. Still not, by itself, a legal health claim.

Free acidity0.19 %

Sub-score 93.8. At or under 0.20%. Typical of careful, fast milling.

Peroxide value7.2 meq O₂/kg

Sub-score 91.4. At or under 8 meq O₂/kg. Reads as a fresh oil.

K2321.68

Sub-score 82.0. At or under 1.80. Primary oxidation looks limited.

K2700.14

Sub-score 80.0. At or under 0.15. Secondary oxidation looks limited.

Where to buy

These retailers are fictional. This edition does not link out to a shop. Price does not affect the score. Euro-per-litre uses the October 2026 sample exchange rates.

  • Harbour & Vine (sample)

    500 ml · Sample

    €12.50€25 / L

The producer

Oro de Jaén

A fictional Jaén cooperative used so the sample ranking can show a mountain Picual without borrowing a real brand.

Questions about this score

How was Picual de Sierra scored?

The sample score 70.0 uses scoring version 1.0.0 for ranking year 2026. Award points are medal × prestige × recency, the competition score is the mean of the highest three, and the laboratory is 30% of the final score when a panel exists. The rows above are the whole calculation.

Is Picual de Sierra a real competition result?

No. Picual de Sierra, its medals, its laboratory values, and its prices are sample records created to show the page. They are not official results from any competition.

Do the polyphenols decide the rank?

They are 40% of the laboratory score, and the laboratory is 30% of the final score when a panel exists. A high polyphenol oil with a thinner medal record stays behind a stronger set of medals. If there is no panel, polyphenols do not enter at all.