Oleotourism Madrid - Oil tasting Fanum

About this tour

Spend two hours at Fanum's mill in the Sierra Norte, just outside Madrid, learning how olives become oil. You'll walk through the entire production cycle—from fruit delivery through pressing to bottling—then taste several extra virgin oils side by side to spot the flavour differences that separate good oils from exceptional ones. The mill sits in natural countryside that shapes the final product, and you'll take home a bottle to remember it by.

Highlights

• Walk the complete mill from olive intake to bottling
• Taste multiple extra virgin oils back-to-back
• Learn how terroir and timing affect flavour
• Presentation on current trends in oil production
• Bottle of Fanum oil to take home
• Located in Madrid's natural Sierra Norte region

What to expect

You'll start with a guided walk through the working mill, seeing where olives arrive, get cleaned, crushed, and pressed. Staff explain each stage without jargon. Then you'll sit down for a structured tasting of several oils—learning to notice colour, aroma, and taste notes that separate varieties and quality grades. A short talk covers what's shifting in the oil world right now. The whole thing takes roughly two hours and moves at a relaxed pace. The mill is accessible throughout, so wheelchairs, prams, and mobility needs are fine.

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