Awarded 2026/27 Provenceöl - Freiherr Knigge Ölmühle
Cold-pressed rapeseed oil from the estate's own crop, finished with Provençal herbs: the Provence-Öl from the Freiherr Knigge Ölmühle oil mill at the Rittergut Pattensen manor brings Mediterranean cooking to Lower Saxon tables, for salads, marinades or simply with baguette.
What sets this product apart
The base is the house Gourmet rapeseed oil, cold-pressed below 50 °C so that its nutrient balance and purity remain intact. Rosemary, thyme, basil & other Provençal herbs give the oil a subtle, delicately aromatic herb note. It suits pasta sauces and salad dressings, marinades for meat, fish or vegetables, and taken neat with a little salt and fresh baguette, the oil tastes of summer.
The Knigge family has farmed the Rittergut Pattensen in the Calenberger Land for more than 650 years. Today the estate's own workshop presses its oils on traditional screw presses, and everything stays in one pair of hands: from sowing on the soils of the Deistervorland, the land below the Deister hills, through tending the rapeseed fields to pressing and bottling on the estate, a closed value chain that creates transparency from field to bottle.
Subtle herb note, thyme and lavender dominate for me, links local classics with the wider world.
Pleasant aromatics.
Where to find this product
Available directly from the farm. Fresh and regional: straight from the source, full of flavour.
Available in selected food retailers across Lower Saxony.
