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South Lea Olives Extra Virgin Olive Oil
South Lea Olives Extra Virgin Olive Oil

South Lea Olives Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Produced by South Lea Olives — producer profile

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Award Record
Silver
2025 · ONZ
Phenols
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Latest Release
2025
1 release recorded
LeccinoFrantoioPendolino

South Lea Extra Virgin Olive Oil offers a fresh, high-quality profile with grassy hints and a touch of pepper, perfect for dipping with bread or dukkah. It is made from olives grown in the Canterbury region using natural production methods, ensuring low acidity without chemical intervention, and is certified as extra virgin by Olives New Zealand. This versatile oil excels as a salad dressing, marinade, or drizzle over cooked vegetables, potatoes, salmon, pastas, and grilled asparagus.

Evidence over time

Release History

2026
Current harvest year

No release has been recorded for this harvest year yet.

2025
Varieties
Leccino Frantoio Pendolino
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Sensory Profile & Character

Sensory Profile

Fruitiness 4.2
Fruitiness refers to the aroma and taste of fresh, ripe or green olives in the oil.
Bitterness 2.9
Bitterness is a positive sensory attribute of an EVOO. It can also signal the presence of phenolic compounds.
Pungency 3
Pungency is the pleasant peppery or spicy sensation experienced at the back of the throat when tasting olive oil.
Polyphenols 4.7
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.
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Estimated Based on profiles for: Leccino, Frantoio, Pendolino .

Place & provenance

Sense of place

This oil is listed as originating in Canterbury, 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 originCanterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Olive composition

Blend

The latest release lists Leccino, Frantoio, Pendolino.

Why choose it

A blend can combine complementary cultivar traits and offer a broader flavour profile.

Worth knowing

The listed varieties do not reveal their proportions or prove a particular blending intention.

Release dataLeccinoFrantoioPendolino

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