International Mario Solinas Quality Award 2019
Between 11 and 15 March, members of the international panel of the 2019 edition of the Mario Solinas Award judged the 164 contenders and have selected the top three winners from each group, as well as the finalist oils
n all, 164 oils have competed for the International Olive Council’s Mario SolinasQuality Award 2019, announced in May 2018, with entries from Angola (1), Algeria (4), Brazil (1), China (2), Croatia (1), Greece (2), Italy (4), Morocco (22), Portugal (37), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (80), Tunisia (7) and Turkey (2).
Entries were submitted by individual producers, producers’ associations or packers.
According to the competition rules released in May 2018, entries for this first edition were classified in one of the following sections on the basis of the median intensity of their fruitiness:
Section
Green fruitiness: Intense fruitiness, Medium fruitiness, Mild fruitiness
Ripe fruitiness
EVOO from the southern hemisphere
All the oils entered for this edition were assessed by the international panel of judges who selected the six oils with the highest scores in each section.
Next, the international panel selected the winner of the first prize in each section according to a special 100-point score sheet which marks them for their olfactory, gustatory and retronasal sensations and their harmony, complexity and persistence. The judges also proposed the second and third prize winners and finalists in each competition section to the Executive Secretariat.
Only one oil competed in the new section for extra virgin olive oils from the southern hemisphere, but considering that it is stored in the northern hemisphere, it has been included in the medium green fruitiness category for the northern hemisphere.
PRIZE WINNERS OF THE
2019 INTERNATIONAL OLIVE COUNCIL
MARIO SOLINAS QUALITY AWARD
First prize
Intense green fruitiness:
Almazara de Muela, S.L., Priego de Córdoba (Córdoba) – Spain
Medium green fruitiness:
S.C.A. del Campo “El Alcázar”, Baeza (Jaén) – Spain
Mild green fruitiness:
Elaia 2 – Investimentos S.A., Ferreira do Alentejo – Portugal
Ripe fruitiness:
Azienda Agricola Sabino Leone, Canosa di Puglia (BT) – Italy
Second prize
Intense green fruitiness:
Almazaras de la Subbética S.C.A., Carcabuey (Córdoba) – Spain
Medium green fruitiness:
Goya en Spain, S.A.U., Alcalá de Guadaira (Sevilla) – Spain
Mild green fruitiness:
Fima Olá – Productos Alimentares S.A., Lisboa – Portugal
Ripe fruitiness:
Unilever Fima Lda, Lisboa – Portugal
Third prize
Intense green fruitiness:
S.C.A. Olivarera la Purísima, Priego de Córdoba (Córdoba) – Spain
Medium green fruitiness:
Hermanos Melgarejo, C.B., Pegalajar (Jaén) – Spain
Mild green fruitiness:
La Pontezuela S.L.U, Madrid – Spain
Ripe fruitiness:
Biolive Company, Zaghouane – Tunisia
FINALISTS
Intense green fruitiness
1st Oleícola San Francisco, S.L., Begíjar (Jaén) – Spain
2nd Nobleza del Sur/Aceites Castellar, S.L., Castellar (Jaén) – Spain
3rd Casas de Hualdo, S.L., Madrid – Spain
Medium green fruitiness
1st La Inmaculada Concepción S.C.A., la Roda de Andalucía (Sevilla) – Spain
2nd Société Domaine Arije, Marrakech, Morocco
3rd Ntra. Sra. de los Remedios – Oro de Canava, Jimena (Jaén) – Spain
Mild green fruitiness
1st Refugio Verde, Lda., Beja – Portugal
2nd Sovena – Portugal Consumer Goods, S.A., Algés – Portugal
3rd S.C.A. Ntra. Sra. de la Fuensanta, Fuensanta de Martos (Jaén) – Spain
Ripe fruitiness
1st Celso Hernâni Gastalho Madeira, Vilar de Amargo – Portugal
2nd Ourogal, S.A., S. Miguel do Rio Torto (Abrantes)- Portugal
3rd Aceites Olivar del Valle, S.L., Bolaños (Ciudad Real) – Spain
The Mario Solinas Awards ceremony will be held during the Summer Fancy Food Show 2019 in New York (United States).
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