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Croatian Extra Virgin Olive Oil *PREORDER* - Citizens of Soil

Croatian Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Citizens of Soil

Croatian Extra Virgin Olive Oil *Launching 7th of July* - Citizens of Soil

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Name: Croatian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Brand: Citizens of Soil
SKU: CR-2023-Bottle-500-Bundle
Price: 30.00 GBP
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

—Intense & Grassy—

Loved by Gordon Ramsay, this high-quality and sustainable variety made the top 10 globally for small-batch oils.

375ml Bottle

£30.00

One-off purchase

Small-batch. Family-owned. Organically-farmed.

*Limited run of only 1,150 bottles.*
Introducing a new oil from a multi-award winning producer from the Istrian Peninsula in Croatia. They champion rare, local varieties and create insanely-high quality olive oils in a sustainable way on their 10-hectare plot. Their oil is loved by chefs like Gordon Ramsay and it made top-10 globally for small-batch oils with some of the highest international scores at the prestigious EVOOLEUM awards.
Harvest: October 2023.
Variety: Field blend of Buža, Bjelica, Karbonaca, Moražola, Rožinjola, and Leccino.
Origin: Vodnjan, Istria, Croatia.
Process: Superior category extra virgin olive oil obtained directly from mechanical (never heat or chemical) means; 0.11 acidity. The olives are milled within hours of being picked. This oil is filtered.
Agriculture: 10 hectares, organically-farmed with regenerative practices.
Soil type: Terra rossa and limestone.
Twenty years ago, Lena’s father, Silvano, revitalised an overgrown olive grove. On it lived 57 centennial trees, all of an indigenous local variety, Buža.

And from the moment Lena tried the juice from the fruits of these once-abandoned trees and experienced her first harvest, she knew that this was her calling.

The whole family now works on their small-batch oils, hand harvested and then milled in a state-of-the-art facility. This quality is reflected in their consistent wins:

⭐️ Gold Award 2018, 2020, 2022 at NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition (USA)
⭐️ World Top 50 Award in the EVOOLEUM Guide 2021, 2022

See their full story.
Tastes like...

Nose: Green vegetables, fresh-cut grass and green tomatoes.

Palate: Clean. Moderately bitter with an intense peppery finish.

Pairs with...
Really loves a risotto, sings in soups, amazing in arugula salads, enjoys an aged cheese, and pairs beautifully with dark chocolate.
100% olives from small batches. Nothin' but the juice, baby.

This early-harvest oil comes in at 305 mg/kg of total polyphenols, which is above the 250 mg/kg benchmark set by EU Regulation (No. 432/2012) about high-polyphenol olive oils.

Other facts per 100ml:
Energy: 3693kj / 882kcal
Total fat: 100g
Carbohydrates: 0g
Proteins: 0g
Sugar: 0g
Salt: 0g

We open up our independently-verified, lab analysis reports to showcase the oil's quality.

Taste Profile

Fruity

Mellow
Medium
Intense

Peppery

Mellow
Medium
Intense

Bitter

Mellow
Medium
Intense

Customer Reviews

Croation gold oil

I'm speechless...it uplifts meals, tastes great and smells like a freshly cut grass. I love it, my partner loves it too and even his 10 year old child asks for it. Family favourite oil 😍

Fantastic !

It is a brilliant product with delicious notes, bringing a natural vibrance to any dish. I highly recommend it.

The packaging is beautiful as well!

As good as they say

I absolutely love the taste, the delivery was on time & well packaged.
Thank you very much, keep up the good work x

Gorgeous oil. Lovely flavour a as Mc quality

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Meeting this producer actually changed the course of our business. She became the goal of what an “ideal” producer looked like and established a level of quality that’s truly a rare find in the olive oil industry. As we turn down the roads to get to the farm, the path turns from pavement to dirt. This was our very first “sourcing” trip, after only having worked with our close family friends in Greece. We didn’t really know what to expect or what we were getting into.... But nevertheless, we t...

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FAQs

Currently, the only subscription we have is for our Olive Oil Club, which will provide you with a range of delicious oils throughout the year.
Our producers all farm organically to the EU standard without any synthetics or chemical "cides". However, as we only work with small farms, some have not yet been certified—which is why we cannot legally label them as “organic”, unless it has the certification. . Many of them, though, are well on their way in the conversion and audit process (it takes a few years), so we hope to share more soon.
Welcome you to the fascinating, yet very confusing world of extra virgin olive oil. We wrote an article all about the term "cold-pressed" if you'd like to read up in detail, but in short, it is just a marketing buzzword, as by legal definition in the EU, extra virgin olive oil is extracted without any heat or chemicals and only comes from the “first pressing” (more like squeezing) of the olives—which is exactly the definition of our products.

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Croatian

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

£30.00

About this oil

Small-batch. Family-owned. Organically-farmed.

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