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Gold Ridge Minerva Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Produced by Gold Ridge Organic Farms — producer profile

Blend Minerva, Frantoio, Maurino, Cerasoula, Ladoeli — variety guides

At a glance

Latest recorded release · 2025

5 awards across 3 releases

Latest: Gold · California State Fair EVOO Competition · 2026

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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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Evidence over time

Release History

Recorded award profile: typically Silver across 3 release years; tiers have been fairly consistent year to year. This describes recorded results, not future awards.

2026 Predicted
Expected harvest: 15 November 2026

Award outlook · prediction

Based on this oil's recorded award history. These are anticipated tiers if the oil enters and receives a recorded result; they are not guaranteed awards.

  • California State Fair EVOO Competition: typically Silver (previous range Silver to Gold-or-higher), from 3 release years
  • Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition: typically Bronze (previous range Bronze to Silver), from 2 release years
2025
Harvest date (precision unverified): 15 November 2025

Awards & recognition

2024
Phenols
421
Evidence not recorded · Method unknown

Awards & recognition

2023

Awards & recognition

2000
Producer established

Gold Ridge Organic Farms was established in 2000.

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