Swellendam based, Mardouw, scoops a much coveted Platinum award at the 2021 London Olive Oil Awards
Mardouw produces award-winning extra virgin olive oils from the fertile soils of Swellendam. The Western Cape Mediterranean climate and soil in the Breede River Valley together with the blending of the best cultivars, gentle hand harvesting and careful cold extraction, ensure the unique, fruity characteristics.
Every year, olive oils from all over the world are submitted for organoleptic tastings to oil experts cherry- picked especially for the London Olive Oil Awards. Hundreds of olive oils are swirled, sniffed, slurped, swallowed and ranked blindly and anonymously into categories of bronze, silver, gold and platinum.
“This Award is consistent with Mardouw’s international recognition, “beams André Verder, owner for the proudly Swellendam- based olive estate. “It’s the culmination of a long process that is driven by determined and pinpoint-precise investment, farming, and pressing. But still, to be awarded the highest accolade by an international jury in a toughly adjudicated competition is a real feather in Mardouw’s cap. It shows that our proudly South African olive oils mustn’t shy away from rubbing shoulders with some of the best Mediterranean olive oils.”
OTHER AWARDS
2021 | The Mardouw Medium EVOO was awarded Silver at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition in New York.
2020 | ABSA Top10 and Gold at the SA Olive Awards 2020 for the Mardouw XXV Intense, and Silver for Mardouw’s Medium EVOO, and Silver at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition in New York.
2019 | Mardouw’s XXV Intense and Medium Extra Virgin Olive Oils were awarded gold at the 2019 SA Olive Awards. The Mardouw Medium EVOO was awarded Gold at the London International Olive Oil Competition 2019, and Gold at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition in New York.
2018 | Mardouw’s XXV Intense Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2018 was included in the ten best extra virgin olive oils in South Africa, at the 2018 Absa Top 10.
2018 | Double Gold at the SA Olive Awards 2018: Mardouw’s 2018 Medium Extra Virgin Olive Oil was awarded Gold in the category “Medium”, and Mardouw’s XXV Intense EVOO 2018 was awarded Gold in the category “Intense”.
2017 | Mardouw’s XXV Intense EVOO 2017 was included in the ten best extra virgin olive oils in South Africa, at the 2017 Absa Top 10.
2017 | Double Gold at the SA Olive Awards 2017: Mardouw’s 2017 Medium Extra Virgin Olive Oil was awarded Gold in the category “Medium”, and Mardouw’s XXV Intense EVOO 2017 was awarded Gold in the category “Intense”.
2016 | Mardouw’s 2016 Medium Extra Virgin Olive Oil was awarded Silver in the category “Medium” at the annual SA Olive Awards.
2015 | Mardouw’s 2015 Medium Extra Virgin Olive Oil was awarded Silver at the annual SA Olive Awards.
2014 | Mardouw’s 2014 Medium Extra Virgin Olive Oil was awarded Silver at the annual SA Olive Awards.
DID YOU KNOW?
Olive Oil is only Extra Virgin if the free fatty “oleic” acid content is below 0.8%. That’s the international standard promulgated by the International Olive Oil Council. Mardouw’s lab results return consistently remarkable low values: 0.24% FFA and 4.0 meg/kg PV for XXV, and 0.37% FFA and 6.0 meg/kg PV for EVOO.
Virgin olive oils are the oils that are obtained from the fruit of the olive tree (Olea europaea L. ) solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions, particularly thermal conditions, that do not lead to alterations in the oil, and which have not undergone any treatment other than washing, decantation, centrifugation and filtration.
