World’s TOP 100 Extra Virgin Olive Oils is an international competition for the quality of extra virgin olive oils, which will select the 100 best EVOOs in the World.
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Thus, a group of expert tasters renowned worldwide will be in charge of conducting the valuation of the organoleptic quality of the juices presented, where there will be every season the exclusive TOP100 of the best extra virgins of the world, and the best on their different categories and geographic areas.
The results of the EVOOLEUM Awards were unveiled at the World Olive Oil Exhibition (WOOE), which was held for two days at the fairgrounds of Ifema in Madrid.
Organizers of the contest- presented the EVOOLEUM World’s TOP100 Extra Virgin Olive Oils Guide and unveiled the names of 100 brands of EVOO from 16 countries that the jury has considered the best in the world (above 80 points).
In the second edition of the contest, held on March 10 and 11 in Cordoba, a total of 22 internationally prestigious expert tasters from eight countries valued the more than 300 samples submitted to the competition.
EVOOs from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, France, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Israel, Morocco, Chile, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Germany, South Africa and Tunisia have competed in this second edition to form the ranking of the world’s TOP100 EVOOs that will be included in the EVOOLEUM World’s TOP100 Extra Virgin Olive Oils Guide 2017, published in English and Spanish.
The guide is of annual periodicity, that is distributed in the main contests and international fairs of the olive and gastronomic sector, as well as in gourmet and delicatessen establishments, Michelin-star restaurants, bookstores and supermarkets.
Following the reception, organoleptic evaluation and verification of the samples presented at the origin, among the 100 extra virgins that have achieved the highest score in the contest, highlights the overwhelming Spanish dominion, with 73 EVOOs - eight in the TOP10 – followed by Portugal (12), Italy (11, with two juices in the TOP10), Croatia (2), Chile (1) and Tunisia (1).
Of these, 78 are conventional and 22 organic EVOOs, confirming the unstoppable rise of organic production extra virgins.
By countries, the best EVOO in Portugal is Rosmaninho Gourmet Cobrançosa, from Cooperativa de Olivicultores de Valpaços); and from Croatia, Monte Rosso Premium (Monte Rosso); while Domaine Fendri (Huilerie Moderne de Tunisie) and Deleyda Premium (Olivos Ruta del Sol) fly the flag of Tunisia and Chile respectively, the latter being the only representative of the South American Cone.
The best Spanish Extra Virgin with Protected Denomination of Origin is El Empiedro (SCA Olivarera La Purísima, PDO Priego de Córdoba), being the Best Monovarietal EVOO Oro Bailén Reserva Familiar Picual (Aceites Oro Bailén-Galgón 99) and the Best Coupage and Best Italian Extra Virgin with PDO (Garda), Tréfort, by Paolo Bonomelli Boutique Olive Farm, obtained from a blend of trep, fort and drizzar varieties. ■
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