EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
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COLD PRESSED
UNFILTERED
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OIL OF CANTERBURY
NEW ZEALAND
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News from the vineyard and the Olive Grove:
SOLD OUT!
Yes, our oil has sold out completely. Roll on 2007. . .

Read the latest news from us.

This is Newsletter no. 7, October 2006.

The Single Olive Grove
Cracroft Chase Estate is nestled in a picturesque and sheltered valley in the Port Hills of Christchurch, Canterbury. The microclimate suits the cultivation of the Leccino and Frantoio varieties.

The olives are mechanically cold pressed by Canterbury Olive Processors, Ohoka, using brand new Italian machinery. The oil is then naturally decanted and bottled, unfiltered, on the estate.

This extra virgin olive oil has a light and fruity start, with a strong peppery finish, and a mildly bitter aftertaste.

It can be used sparingly on salads and boiled meat and fish; it can be added for extra flavour to sauces, soups, and to BBQ marinate.

The nutrition information gives satisfying values, compared with average values as in Andre Taber's A Buyer's guide to New Zealand Olive Oil; in particular:

  • the 'good' mono unsaturated fat 81.8 (g/100g) is in the high range of between 55 and 85;

  • the 'bad' saturated fat 11.1 (g/100g) is in the low range of between 10 and20;

  • the peroxide level of 3.5 is far low than the still accepted reading of 18 meq;

  • the free fatty acid 0.09 (g/100g) is far lower than the basic 0.8.

Production:
This olive oil was harvested & processed in June 2006; it is better used before July 2008.

Cracroft Chase Extra Virgin Olive Oil comes in half-litre dark glass square bottles with screw tops and pourer.

Price in Christchurch: minimum quantity: 6 bottles, at $15 per bottle (13.34 + GST) = $90.

Outside Christchurch: minimum quantity: 16-bottle carton, at $16 per bottle ($14.25 + GST) = $ 256.00, transport included.

Owner:
Blue Sun (NZ) Limited - Alessandro and Wilma Laryn

Contact details:
110 Shalamar Drive,
Cashmere,
Christchurch 8022
New Zealand

tel: (+64)(03) 337 9339; fax: (+64)(03) 337 9577
Alex: 027 2288 682; Wilma: 027 2738 666

Cracroft Chase is a registered Trademark of Blue Sun (NZ)Ltd



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