New Harvest Release - Premium Greek Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
New 2023 Harvest! Our Premium Greek Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Messara, Crete arrived! This season brings not only the rich flavors you’ve come to love but also higher polyphenol levels (443 mg/kg!) and enhanced bioactive compounds, making it our most potent oil yet!
Tasting Notes: Bold, herbaceous notes of wild greens and green almond, balanced with the freshness of ripe olives and a lingering, peppery warmth—an exquisite taste of Crete’s untouched landscape, captured in each drop of our new harvest.
DETAILS
- Origin: Messara Plain, Crete, Greece
- Olive grove data: Elevation: 490 ft, approx. 1,600 olive trees with the majority over 100 years old. Dry, mediterranean microclimate (BGI-Aridity Index: 112)
- Producer: Sklavakis family
- Harvested: December 2023 - January 2024
- Variety: 100% Koroneiki
- Ingredients: 100% Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Small Batch Production. 2023 Manufacturing: 2,529 lbs, 4,400 bottles
- 16.9 fl oz (500ml) of EVOO in a recyclable glass bottle
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Messara Plain
Southern Central Crete, Greece
PACKED WITH BENEFICIAL NUTRIENTS AND BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS
Polyphenols
- Total Polyphenols - 443.0 mg/kg
- Hydroxytyrosol - 3.0 mg/kg
- Tyrosol - 2.8 mg/kg
- Vanillic acid - 0.1 mg/kg
- Vanillin - 0.1 mg/kg
- p-Coumaric acid - 0.1 mg/kg
- Hydroxytyrosol acetate - 4.9 mg/kg
- Ferulic acid - 0.12 mg/kg
- DDOA - 62.5 mg/kg
- Isomer of AOA - 11.9 mg/kg
- DDLA - 80.6 mg/kg
- Pinoresinol - 1.0 mg/kg
- Cinnamic acid + 1-Acetoxypinoresinol - 59.9 mg/kg
- Luteolin - 1.04 mg/kg
- AOA - 149.3 mg/kg
- Apigenin - 0.44 mg/kg
- AOL - 65.2 mg/kg
- Sum of Hydroxytyrosol, Tyrosol, Hydroxytyrosol acetate, DDOA, Isomer of AOA, DDLA, AOA, AOL - 7.6 mg/20 gr
Chemical Analysis
Analysis at time of harvest (December 2023) by CHEM SOLUTIONS ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES (chemsolutions.gr):
- Acidity - 0.47 % w/w oleic acid (Max Limit - 0.8)
- Absorbance at K232 - 1.816 (Max Limit - 2.50)
- Absorbance at K270 - 0.184 (Max Limit - 0.220)
- Delta K - -0.007 (Max Limit - 0.01)
- Peroxide - 6.3 meq O₂/kg (Max Limit - 20)
Our oil is also rigorously tested for pesticides and proudly achieves top marks, passing with flying colors! All detected pesticide levels are below the reporting limit (R.L.), ensuring exceptional purity and quality.