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Cradle Coast Olives Paragon

By Cradle Coast Olives

2026 recorded release

Price per litre
AUD 100
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9 awards · 9 releases

Latest: Gold · AIOA · 2026

Cradle Coast Olives' Paragon is a distinctive Frantoio shaped by the O'Neil family's cool climate Tasmanian property. Across the releases, it ranges from bright, complex aromas of aniseed, fennel, eucalyptus and dried herbs to greener notes of grass, olive leaf and stone fruit, with soft fruit and salad leaf flavours, peppery spice and a lingering finish. Since 1996, Carol and Tony O'Neil have paired careful grove management with same-day pressing in their on-site Olio Mio facility to preserve the variety's expressive character.

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Evidence over time

Release History

Recorded award profile: typically Silver across 4 release years; tiers have varied year to year. This describes recorded results, not future awards.

2026
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2025
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2024
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2023
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Producer Notes
The oil displays, depending on vintage, a range of aromas and flavours - the 2023 release offers a complex nose of aniseed, fennel, eucalyptus, mint and dried herbs, leading to a palate of soft herbs, sweet fruit and salad-leaf notes with a lingering Sichuan pepper finish and low bitterness; the 2024 harvest is milder, with green-grass and stone-fruit aromas, a full mouthfeel, black-pepper spice, slight astringency and a medium finish.

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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019

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2018

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2017

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1996
Producer established

Cradle Coast Olives was established in 1996.

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