Gold Ridge Minerva Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Name: Gold Ridge Minerva Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Brand: Gold Ridge Organic Farms

Produced by Gold Ridge Organic Farms — producer profile

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Award Record

3 awards

Across 3 releases · 1 competition Latest: Gold · 2026 California State Fair EVOO Competition

Phenols

421 mg/kg

Expected from 2024 release

Latest Release

2025

3 releases recorded

Minerva Frantoio Maurino Cerasoula Ladoeli Shapeshifter

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Gold Ridge Organic Farms' Minerva Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil is aromatic and bright, with a toasty nose, suave silky mouthfeel, and flavours of roasted walnuts, pine nuts, freshly mown hay, and white peppercorns, offering a highly textured profile. This medium bodied, medium pungent oil is made from an Italian blend of Minerva, Frantoio, Maurino, Cerasuola, and Ladoeli olives, all estate grown and milled on their Oregon Tilth and CCOF certified organic farm in Sonoma County, with a total phenol content of 421 at harvest. It excels as a finishing oil, ideal for drizzling over grilled vegetables, meats, hummus, tapenade, roasted winter squash, pasta, pesto, or robust autumn and winter salads, and is annually certified extra virgin by the California Olive Oil Council (COOC).

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Release History

2026 Predicted

Expected harvest: 15 November 2026

Varieties

Minerva Frantoio Maurino Cerasoula Ladoeli

Phenols

~421 mg/kg

Polyphenols are naturally occurring compounds found in olives and other plants. In olive oil, reported phenolic content is a chemistry measure that can be associated with bitterness, pungency and oxidative stability; total phenols are not interchangeable with hydroxytyrosol-plus-derivatives measurement used for the EU-authorised wording.
This reported total-phenol result is not the hydroxytyrosol-plus-derivatives measurement used to assess the EU-authorised olive-oil wording.

2025

Harvested: 15 November 2025

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Varieties

Minerva Frantoio Maurino Cerasoula Ladoeli

Phenols (Est.)

~421 mg/kg

Estimated based on historical data.

2024

Varieties

Minerva Frantoio Maurino Cerasuola Ladoeli

Phenols

421 mg/kg

2023

Phenols (Est.)

~421 mg/kg

Estimated based on historical data.

2000

Producer established

Gold Ridge Organic Farms was established in 2000.

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Sensory Profile & Character

Sensory Profile

Fruitiness 4.7

Fruitiness refers to the aroma and taste of fresh, ripe or green olives in the oil.

Bitterness 3.6

Bitterness is a positive sensory attribute of an EVOO. It can also signal the presence of phenolic compounds.

Pungency 3.8

Pungency is the pleasant peppery or spicy sensation experienced at the back of the throat when tasting olive oil.

Polyphenols 6

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Estimated Based on profiles for: Minerva, Frantoio, Maurino, Cerasoula, Ladoeli .

Freshness & season

Harvest freshness

The harvest date is disclosed on the bottle or product information, making the release easier to date and compare. The oil is bottled without filtration and may retain natural moisture and fine olive solids.

Why choose it

Choose a recent, clearly dated release when you want the most vivid expression of its aromas and flavour.

Worth knowing

Olio nuovo and unfiltered describe different things, but both reward careful storage and prompt use.

Product informationHarvested 15 November 2025Harvest date disclosedUnfiltered

Place & provenance

Sense of place

The oil is listed as coming from a single estate in Sonoma County, California, United States, giving it a specific farm origin.

Why choose it

Choose a clearly identified origin when local identity, traceability and connection to a particular growing area matter to you.

Worth knowing

Origin can make an oil distinctive, but does not by itself guarantee quality or a particular flavour.

Listed originSonoma County, California, United StatesSingle estate

Harvest & milling

How it was made

The olives are listed as being milled at the producing estate or farm. The olives are listed as being harvested manually.

Why choose it

These practices may appeal when you value hands-on harvesting, cooler fruit handling or direct estate control over milling.

Worth knowing

They describe production methods, not elapsed harvest-to-mill time or proof that the finished oil is fresher or better.

Product informationProcessed on-siteHand picked

Olive composition

Changing composition

The latest release lists Minerva, Frantoio, Maurino, Cerasoula, Ladoeli. EVV's release data lists different cultivar combinations across harvests.

Why choose it

A blend can combine complementary cultivar traits and offer a broader flavour profile. Choose it if you enjoy seasonal variation and seeing how a product changes over time.

Worth knowing

The listed varieties do not reveal their proportions or prove a particular blending intention. The changing list does not establish the producer's intention or guarantee a particular flavour difference.

EVV-derived from release dataMinervaFrantoioMaurinoCerasoulaLadoeliComposition changes by harvest

Farming & certification