The modest ambitions of De Rustica Olive Estate in the Klein Karoo have been massively outweighed by the success of their ultra premium quality olive oil. And it's a big deal for the SA olive industry.
The modest ambitions of De Rustica Olive Estate in the Klein Karoo have been massively outweighed by the success of their ultra premium quality olive oil. And it's a big deal for the SA olive industry.
De Rustica Olive Estate near De Rust, Western Cape, is extracting every drop out of its success on the world stage. Now De Rustica has won a top-tier global olive oil award only two years after taking first place in the premier industry international competition, Evooleum.
Now the De Rustica Collection Coratina extra virgin olive oil, assessed in a blind tasting, has been awarded second place overall at Evooleum 2025 with a score of 96 points, and it was again the only olive oil outside of Spain and Italy to be placed in the Top 10.
The scale of this success should be seen in context of the Rustica entry having been one of about 1,000 entries from 26 countries.
Only four estates worldwide -- De Rustica, two from Spain and one from Italy -- have achieved multiple top 10 rankings in the last three years.
De Rustica was chosen as the "Evooleum Absolute Best" olive oil in the 2023 Evooleum international competition. (Their...
