Hacienda Queiles has been making olive oil in Navarra, Spain, in the middle of the Queiles River Valley for 25 years.

The Queiles Valley has been known since time immemorial for producing grains, wines and olive oil.

Hacienda Queiles (pronounced kay-EE-lace) is uniquely located between the snows of Moncayo and the arid desert of the biosphere reserve called the Bardenas Reales.

This is a land of extreme temperatures and the rocky soil, with little capacity for water retention. It gives the fruit of the olive trees a distinct personality. Throughout history from the Romans and the Arabs, the olive has always been linked to the 3 Cistercian Abbeys from the 12th and 13th centuries.

Hacienda Queiles has their state-of-the-art mill located within their groves, which occupy about 60 hectares (over 148 acres) of mainly Arbequina and Arroniz olive trees. The early harvest olives are milled right there, keeping them in perfect condition.

Arroniz olives are a local variety from Navarra, rarely seen here as a monocultivar, but that is what Hacienda Queiles has produced for Olive Oil Jones - one reason we are so excited to offer this oil to you.

The olive oil from Hacienda Queiles is certified organic. The Hacienda has a philosophy of “Pago de Olivar”; having full control of the whole process from the tree to the harvest to the mill to Olive Oil Jones.

The Spanish Association of Olive Municipalities (AEMO) awarded Hacienda Queiles The Best Mill Of Spain.