Origin

A delicious Extra Virgen Olive Oil made from selected frantoio, coratina and picual olives carefully grown at the fertile valley of Curicó, Chile.

This delicate olive oil is blended with a touch of merquén (merken) Chile’s unique exotic smoked red chili pepper handmade produced by a Community of Mapuche families at the Lake District, located south of Chile.

Characteristics

This magnificent blend of Tacama extra virgin olive oil with Chiles unique and exotic hot spice called merquen shows a nice aroma of smoke and tomatoes given by the merquen and the olive oil respectively.
As you tasted immediately you can realize the spice of the merquen in nice harmony with the bittery and spice of the olive oil resulting in an elegant spiced olive oil.

Benefits and Cullinary uses

Tacama Olive Oil Merquen is good for salads, strong seafood and grilled vegetables.
Try it also with grilled lamb and red meat.
It is a unique flavour .. never tasted before.

**This information comes from a study conducted exclusively for Neo Oils Chile S.A, by the Liquid Diet and Chemistry Science Laboratory, Food and Chemistry Technologic Science Department, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science Faculty, Universidad de Chile.