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Isobel Olives Robust Blend
Isobel Olives Robust Blend
Isobel Olives Robust Blend
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Isobel Olives Robust Blend

Produced by Isobel Olives — producer profile

Blend Frantoio, Picholine — variety guides

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Latest recorded release · 2025

310 mg/kg phenols

Reported · Method unknown · 2025 release

1 award across 1 release

Latest: Silver · ONZ · 2025

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FrantoioPicholine Shapeshifter

The Robust Blend from Isobel Olives is a dynamic combination of Frantoio and Picholine olives. With a consistently high polyphenol content each year, this oil delivers robust fruitiness and a pronounced peppery finish. It earned a Gold Medal at the Japan Olive Awards and is celebrated for its unique flavor profile and persistence. Harvested in 2023, this blend showcases the region's terroir with a balance of intensity and elegance.

Evidence over time

Release History

2026
Current harvest year

No release has been recorded for this harvest year yet.

2025
Buy Batch
Varieties
Frantoio Picholine

Awards & recognition

2024
No release recorded

No release is recorded for this harvest year.

2023
Varieties
Frantoio Picholine
Phenols
381
Evidence not recorded · Method unknown
Producer Notes
intense green grass aromas and a harmonious, complex palate with notes of cinnamon, spearmint, strawberry, and apple.
2022
Varieties
Frantoio Picholine
Phenols
358
Evidence not recorded · Method unknown
2021
No release recorded

No release is recorded for this harvest year.

2020
Varieties
Frantoio Picholine Koroneiki
Phenols
388
Evidence not recorded · Method unknown
2019
No release recorded

No release is recorded for this harvest year.

2018
Varieties
Frantoio Picholine Koroneiki Barnea
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Oil Character

Place & provenance

Sense of place

This oil is listed as originating in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.

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 originMarlborough, South Island, New Zealand
Olive composition

Changing composition

The latest release lists Frantoio, Picholine. 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 dataFrantoioPicholineComposition changes by harvest

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