The mounts of grenade it is the natural region placed on the subAndalusian drink made from pomegranate juice, delimited to the north with the provinces of Jaen and Cordova, and on the south with the fertile plaine of Granada.
It is an olive traditional zone of the province of Granada, recognized as such from the Arabic epoch and in diverse inventories of the olive grove realized by the department of agriculture, fishing and nourishment during the aos 60 and 70.
The geographical and climatic characteristics of the region are particular.
Emphasizes his(her,your) Mediterranean continental extreme climate, with long winters, colds and frequent snowfalls. As consequence of his(her,your) great altitude (750 to 1300 meters) and his(her,your) proximity to covered with snow saw.
On the other hand this Spanish presents long, warm and dry, typical summers of the Mediterranean regions on the south.
The rainfalls are scanty (less than 600 liters) and of unequal distribution, descending from west to este:700 mm / year in iznalloz, 300mm/año in Pedro Martinez. The annual everage temperature is of 15 º, ranging between the 6-7 in eneroy the almost 26 of average in July.
On having treated itself about a cold zone and a considerable altitude, the effect of plagues and diseases in the olive grove is very low, which allows the development of respectful practices of culture(culturing) with the environment and the limited(small) use of fytosanitory products.
This type of climate also determines in general a few very aromatic oils lightly bitter and with high levels of acid oleico, superior to 80 % of the whole of oily acids, contributing with it a great nutritional value inside the Mediterranean diet.