The Farm
The Estate
Our own olive grove in the heart of the Montsant. Organic farming, hand harvesting and full traceability from tree to bottle.
At FINCA HOSTALETS 1898 we see olive oil as a work built on care and respect. Every gesture, from pruning to harvest, follows one clear purpose: to accompany the olive tree so it can express the very best of itself.
We do not intervene to force results, but to protect a natural process that demands observation, patience and precision. Working this way is a form of goldsmithing.
The Land
Our own olive groves in the Serra de Montsant Natural Park. Limestone soils, dry farming and a Mediterranean climate of contrasts that give character to every harvest.
The Craft
Hand-picked harvest. We pick only when the Arbequina reaches its optimal point, and cold-press the same day to preserve freshness and aroma.
Traceability
Production limited to small numbered batches. Full traceability from grove to bottle. PDO Siurana as a seal of origin and rigour.
A landscape you cannot explain.
You feel it.
Priorat is a land of rugged mountains, mineral soils and hillsides shaped by generations who learned to listen to the earth before working it.
In the Serra de Montsant, where our own olive groves grow, the shallow, stony soils force the olive tree to send its roots deep. From that hardship comes the aromatic concentration that defines our EVOO.
An oil born here is not only the result of its variety or how it is made: it is the expression of the place, the light, the wind and the uniqueness of its soil.
Hand harvest · Montsant ArbequinaEvery harvest is an exercise in listening. We watch the tree, the weather, the fruit. We pick only when the olive reaches the exact point that guarantees aromatic purity, freshness and stability.
An eye that reads the landscape.
Jose's work rests on his ability to read what the estate shows him. His days are spent anticipating how the tree will respond to the weather, when the soil needs aerating, or the moment the olive reaches its most expressive point.
His presence in the grove is constant, quiet and decisive. He knows how each plot behaves and adjusts his work with the delicacy of someone who understands that great oil is not born of grand gestures, but of small decisions made at exactly the right moment.
Nothing is improvised. Nothing is ever done the same way twice, because every season is a new dialogue with the land.
Arbequina.
Small, delicate, expressive.
Montsant-Priorat Arbequina develops a particularly fine and balanced expression. On the dry-farmed slopes of the sierra, its slow growth and low yield per tree translate into greater aromatic concentration and a silkier texture in the oil.
Its colour, shifting from deep green to a soft bronze, marks the exact moment we choose to harvest: clean aromas, delicate green notes and a serene fruitiness that is hard to match.
A small fruit with an extraordinary character.
PDO Siurana
Belonging to the Siurana Protected Designation of Origin means making a commitment to origin and craft. Only 8% of the extra virgin olive oil produced in Spain carries a Designation of Origin. Our EVOO is part of that small percentage — with complete traceability from grove to bottle.
