Royal de Cazorla Olives
A rare, large dark olive from the hills of Cazorla in Jaén: a dual-purpose regional speciality.
The Royal de Cazorla is a rare and prized olive of the Cazorla and Segura hills in Jaén, the great olive province of Andalusia. Unusually large and dark, almost black-red when ripe, it is a regional speciality cured as a fine, soft, sweet table olive, and also pressed into a sweet, low-bitterness oil. A scarce, local treasure in a land otherwise ruled by the Picual.
- Origin
- Cazorla, Jaén · Spain
- Type
- Table & oil
- Colour
- Dark red-black
- Size
- Large
- Flavour
- Soft, sweet, mild
- Status
- Rare regional speciality
- Best for
- Fine table olives, sweet oil
Jaén’s hidden olive
Jaén is an ocean of Picual, so the Royal de Cazorla is a delightful exception — a large, dark, soft olive grown only in the Cazorla and Segura mountains, cured into a tender, sweet, mild table olive that locals prize. Its oil is sweet and gentle, low in bitterness, more a regional curiosity than a commodity. Scarcity keeps it special.
Because it is grown in tiny quantity in one corner of Jaén, a real Royal de Cazorla is a regional find — worth seeking out if you travel there, both as a soft table olive and as a sweet local oil. Don’t expect to see it on an export shelf.