The good oil

Third Pillar Olive Oil

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250 mL bottle $7; 500 mL bottle $12; 2 L stay fresh cask $30

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Some background to THIRD PILLAR extra virgin olive oil.

Why Third Pillar

Wine, grain and olive oil were the “three pillars” of the ancient Mediterranean diet.

Location

The olives for THIRD PILLAR are grown at Mumballup.  The grove was established in the late 1990s and the trees are now mature and produce consistent quality.

Varieties

THIRD PILLAR is a blend of the classic Tuscan varieties from Italy – Frantoio, Leccino and Minerva. They produce oil with medium to robust flavours.

Flavour

The oil has fresh green, grassy aromas with a fresh olive flavour of medium intensity.  The natural antioxidants or polyphenols in the oil contribute a lingering peppery after taste.

Production

The oil is extracted at modern olive oil processing facilities.  No heat is applied in the extraction so the oil is effectively cold pressed.

Modern plants do not use pressing as a means of extracting oil but centrifugal separation.  “Cold pressed” refers to the time when the olive paste was spread on mats and then pressed hydraulically to extract the oil.  Sometimes heat was applied to increase the amount of oil extracted and this produced an inferior grade of oil. This is still the case with much imported olive oil.

Each year we pick about 35 tonnes of olives that produces around 4,500 Litres of oil.

Quality

THIRD PILLAR passes all the chemical and organoleptic tests to be able to be classified as Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Extra virgin olive oil is the juice of fresh olives processed immediately after picking.  “Pure” and “Light” olive oils are imported products that have been extracted using chemicals.  They have no flavor and tests show that that quite often they are not even olive oil.  They are rubbish.

Recent Awards

            2009    Silver medal at Perth Royal Show

            2010    Silver medal at Perth Royal Show

            2011    Bronze medal at Perth Royal Show

            2012    Bronze medals at Perth Royal Show

            2012    Silver and Bronze medals in South West Olive Association competition

2013    Silver medals at Perth Royal Show, Australian Olive oil Association competition and South West Olive Association competition

April 2014

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