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South African Extra Rare

Name: South African Extra Rare
Brand: Citizens of Soil
SKU: ZA-SV-2025-Bottle-500-Bundle
Price: 35.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

From Breede River Valley

Our first southern hemisphere EVOO; high on the bitter scale, intensely peppery, and packed with aromatic flavours.

The olive oils in our extra rare range are all early harvest, produced in limited quantities, and are rarely tasted outside their native regions. We source them from producers pushing the boundaries of flavour and nutrition.

This is the newest oil in our range, and our first from the southern hemisphere. It's high in polyphenols and packed with flavour.

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Sustainably-farmed. High in polyphenols. Small batch.

Sourced for flavour from the award-winning duo behind the Rio Largo estate in the Western Cape. Farmed in a way that gives back to the land, this oil is hand-harvested and milled with precision to capture the essence of this breathtaking region.
This is one of our "Extra Rare" limited batches and is best used as a finishing extra virgin olive oil to keep the high level of antioxidants and peppery flavour intact.

1 glass bottle: 500ml
Harvest: May 2025.
Variety: Coratina and Favolosa.
Polyphenols: 505 mg/kg when tested in Oct 2025.
Origin: Breede River Valley, Western Cape.
Process: Superior category extra virgin olive oil obtained directly from mechanical (never chemical or heated) means. 0.22% acidity. This oil is filtered.
Agriculture: Farmed with regenerative practices focussed on soil health and biodiversity.
Brenda is a founding member of Women in Olive Oil, and Nick is a Master Miller. Farming using regenerative practices in the idyllic Breede River Valley, their olive oil captures the essence of this breathtaking region.

Hand-harvested, milled, and extracted with state-of-the-art precision, the couple are as committed to nutrition as they are to flavour. In fact, it was a doctor’s orders that first inspired them to get into olive oil.

With no native trees in SA, they chose to grow Italian varieties, and their passion and skill have been rewarded with numerous international awards.
Nose: Fresh-cut grass. Artichokes. Green tomatoes. Green beans.

Palate: Herbaceous with creamy artichoke. Medium bitterness like chicory. Smooth green almond. Spiked earthy pepperiness.

Pairings: Try this with salmon. Pour over roasted root vegetables, and upgrade your roast potatoes. Or, you can even drizzle it over cheesecake.
100% olives from small batches. Nothin' but the juice, baby.

This early-harvest South African olive oil is packed with antioxidants, and comes in at 505 mg/kg of total polyphenols (when tested in October 2025), 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: 3700kJ / 882kcal
Total fat: 92g
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

I joined the Club! So glad i did

My first Oil received was the Breed valley south african EVOO. OMG! It’s like liquid gold! The colour is beautiful. The flavour superb! I found it to be light and fruity and not a heavy oil at all ( as its official description said, although we all have our own palates). We used it simply with an aged stone baked Soda and olive bread. Shared it with a friend who demolished it , gluttonously gleeful. So very well met. Thank-you for introducing us to citizens of soil with such an amazing EVOO straight off the bat! Soooo looking forward to my next delivery

Welcome to the Club, Victoria! Brenda and Nick are true artisans, and we're so lucky to be able to showcase their delicious oil in the UK. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on your next Club oil.

The Perfect Oil

Impossible not to like this magnificent EVOO. If I was choosing a 5L olive oil to be my 'go to' olive oil, this would be it.

Thanks, Allister! We completely agree. Brenda and Nick are true craftsmen.

FAQs

The Olive Oil Club delivers a range of delicious oils throughout the year. At this time, you can't sign up for a subscription to just one oil, though you can order larger formats, sets, or our bottles when you need to top-up.
Our producers all farm organically to the EU standard without any synthetics or chemical "cides".
Our Greek, Spanish, Tuscan, Sicilian, and Portuguese oils are all certified organic and Soil Association certified.
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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South African Extra Rare

From Breede River Valley

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£35.00

About this South African olive oil

Sustainably-farmed. High in polyphenols. Small batch.

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