Organic Kalamata Olives - Mount Zero

Mount Zero Organic Kalamata olives are medium/large in size. They have a firm flesh, complex olive flavour and finish with a delicious bitterness. Kalamata olives are the classic table olive variety and are also fantastic in salads. These olives are hand picked and naturally brine cured, which provides for the variation in colour and a flavour that can only come from time consuming natural fermentation. Silver Medal, Australian International Olive Awards The Australian International Olive Awards (AIOA) is one of the most comprehensive olive oil and table olive competitions in the world. Its aim is to professionally judge extra virgin olive oil, flavoured olive oils and table olives from around the globe, uncover those with the highest quality and flavour and then award them medals and trophies in recognition of excellence. Our flagship Organic Kalamata Olives were a hit with the AIOA judges, with them awarding us with a Silver Medal. Here's what the judges had to say about them: "Very intense olive aroma - fragrant and wonderful. Great flavour. Balanced acid, bitterness, salt, and olive flavour. Pleasant lingering flavours on the palate." About the producer: Did you know southern Australia is one of the best places in the world to grow olives, with a climate very similar to the Mediterranean? Mount Zero is a family-owned producer of award-winning olives and olive oils in the Wimmera / Grampians region outside of Melbourne. They’ve been focused on sustainable and biodynamic growing techniques since long before those became buzzwords, both on their own plantation and selected neighboring family farms from whom they also source a range of organic, biodynamic olives, grains, and other produce. Mount Zero were inducted as “Melbourne Food & Wine Legends” in 2010 and their olives and EVOOS feature at Melbourne’s famous Food and Wine Festival every year as well as many of the top restaurant kitchens in the city. We love their range of EVOOs - both the blends as well as the single varietal oils. Get ready to further develop your taste for EVOO and find a new favorite! And we especially love their agrumato-style EVOOs, where their Frantoio olives are simultaneously pressed with various fruits which deeply merge the flavors into a wonderful oil for lots of different creative and delicious uses!