Lions Creek Picual Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Produced by Lions Creek Olive Estate — producer profile

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Award Record
4 awards
Across 4 releases · 1 competition Latest: Gold · 2025 SA Olive Awards
Phenols
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Latest Release
2025
4 releases recorded

Lions Creek Picual Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a single-cultivar oil produced from Picual olives in South Africa's Western Cape.

It has aromas of celery, tomato leaf and caramel, followed by nutty and tomato flavours, watercress and a lingering peppery finish.

Evidence over time

Release History

2026
Current harvest year

No release has been recorded for this harvest year yet.

Varieties
2024
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2023
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Sensory Profile

Fruitiness 5.2
Fruitiness refers to the aroma and taste of fresh, ripe or green olives in the oil.
Bitterness 3.2
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 5.3
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.
green tomato fig leaf artichoke bitter herbs

Estimated Based on profiles for: Picual .

Place & provenance

Sense of place

The oil is listed as coming from a single estate in Western Cape, South Africa, giving it a specific farm origin.

Why choose it

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Worth knowing

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

Listed originWestern Cape, South AfricaSingle estate
Olive composition

Single variety listed

The latest release lists Picual as its only recorded cultivar.

Why choose it

A release listing one cultivar is useful when you want to explore that variety's typical character.

Worth knowing

One listed cultivar does not record a percentage, so it should not be treated as proof of 100% composition without a source saying so.

Release dataPicual

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