Morgenster Don Carlo Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Produced by Morgenster Wine title: morgenster-wine-and-olive-estate 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

Single-varietal extra virgin olive oil pressed from Don Carlo olives grown in Somerset West, Western Cape. Early harvest. Cold-extracted. Aromas of tomato, tomato leaf, artichoke and rosemary. Palate shows pronounced bitterness and pungency, with spicy undertones and notes of almond and artichoke. Acidity typically below 0.3%. Provenance: Morgenster Estate, which introduced the Don Carlo cultivar to South Africa in 1994. Multiple awards in international olive oil competitions. Suitable for robust culinary applications.

Morgenster was the first in South Africa to plant this cultivar and still to date holds the propagation rights.

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Release History

2026
Current harvest year

No release has been recorded for this harvest year yet.

Varieties
2024
Producer Notes

Bold & Robust. On the nose: tomato, tomato leaves, artichoke, rosemary. Elegant with spicy undertones, a hint of almonds and artichokes

Varieties
2023
2022
1990
Producer established

Morgenster Wine title: morgenster-wine-and-olive-estate Olive Estate was established in 1990.

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Place & provenance

Sense of place

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

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Listed originSomerset West, Western Cape, South AfricaSingle estate
Olive composition

Single variety listed

The latest release lists Don Carlo as its only recorded cultivar.

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

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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 dataDon Carlo

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