Gold Award - Ena Ena
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Early Harvest Edition 2024
Ultra Premium Olive Oil
Explore the Timeless Excellence of Greek Olive Oil
Greece, steeped in sunlight and a rich tapestry of history, is renowned worldwide for its superb olive oils. These exquisite oils embody the wisdom of centuries, in a land where the olive tree stands as a living symbol of heritage and continuity.
In 2024, this Greek olive oil was assessed by the most esteemed experts in the field, assembling an elite jury. With an impressive score ranging from 90 to 100 out of 100, this olive oil reaches the status of Ultra Premium Olive Oil. This distinction, marked by a gold medal, positions it among the world’s finest olive oils.
Such an achievement isn't simply fortuitous but the fruit of relentless dedication to excellence and scrupulous care in every aspect, from selecting the finest olives to the art of pressing them. It is a pursuit driven by passion, patience, and precision.
Thanks to Best Olive Oils Store, this exceptional olive oil will soon be available in the most beautiful capitals of the world. You will find it in our stores and on our website. We invite you to continue your visit on this page to discover all the necessary information and fully enjoy the excellence of this olive oil.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Superior Organic PGI Olympia
About
This unique extra virgin olive oil is produced exclusively by Koroneiki variety olive trees, up to 100 years of age, in the small mountainous village of Ancient Skillountia, at the sacred land of Olympia. The intense aromas of green pepper, olive leaves, freshly-cut grass, almond and a pleasantly bitter taste make this multi-awarded, early-harvest olive oil, with its vivid green color and high polyphenol levels, special
Cultivar
Mono-varietal, Koroneiki (100%), from our selected olive groves
Orchards
Mountainous Plateau 10%-15% inclination, altitude 450m.
Soil Composition
Limestone, sand, no irrigation
Production Qualities
Harvest by hand, cold-pressed at <23ᵒC within 12 hours after harves
Bottling and Packaging Qualities
Nitrogen is induced in stainless tanks and in the head space of the bottle
Packaging
Dark coloured bottle or opaque painted premium bottle.
Cultivation
Adhering to the principles of environmental preservation and least possible interference, we know and nurture our plants ena ena, monitor their flowering and witness their fruition throughout the year. We faithfully follow protocols and apply principles of environmentally friendly methods throughout the entirety of the annual biological cycle.
Our olive groves are covered by a great variety of wild herbaceous plants and bushes that keep the soil fertile, moisturized and protected.
We carry out routine soil and leaf chemical analyses to estimate our plants’ special nutrient requirements and prevent diseases or infestations.
At spring, bee hives are placed in strategic spots within the groves to increase cross pollination between species and enrichen the fields with a plethora of plant life.
Pruning
During the year, we prune after carefully examining our olive trees and adjust according to their individual needs with regards to shade, ventilation, fruition and leafing.
Pruning helps us in different ways: It prolongs the productive life of the tree and enhances growth by removing sickly branches and focusing on prolific ones, it facilitates the harvest by shaping the tree and managing its height, and it makes the tree more resilient to disease and infestations by improving air circulation among the branches and exposing them to more sunlight.
Harvest
All the care we offer to our olive trees throughout the year culminates in their harvest.
The harvest begins in late October and is completed by middle of December, depending on the climatic conditions of each year and the ripeness of the fruit.
The olives which are collected early when they are still green and unripe create our exceptional green harvest, “agoureleo” or “oleo nuovo”, bitter extra virgin olive oils, whereas those collected late in the season make our more balanced, milder and softer in taste extra virgin olive oils.
Gathering
The olives are collected carefully by hand, so as not to bruise them and downgrade the quality of the olive oil, using ladders to reach the upper branches of the tree and hand-held mechanical harvest aids, which are dragged over the branches, causing them to fall onto large nets that are placed under it.
At the same time that olives are collected, the olive tree is trimmed, as required. After the olives have been collected and sorted out ena ena, they are placed into plastic ventilated crates and quickly transported to the oil mill for pressing.
Production
Within 12 hours of harvesting, olives are transferred to the oil mill for same-day processing. Our extra virgin olive oils are “cold-pressed”, meaning they are extracted in low temperatures, ensuring they retain all the beneficial properties and antioxidants that are found in abundance only in extra virgin olive oil.
Oil extraction starts with the separation of the olives from the leaves, by washing them with clean water. After that, olives are crushed and placed to a freshly washed mixer for only 40 minutes, in a temperature of no more than 23ᵒC. The produced paste from mixing then enters the centrifugal decanter, in which the oil, water, and solids are separated and olive oil is extracted. It is then immediately placed in stainless steel tanks, with automatically controlled storage temperature of 16ᵒC.
Packaging
Before our extra virgin olive oils are bottled, they are filtered to remove any natural sediment that occurs during the product’s settling period in the tanks. All our extra virgin olive oils are bottled within weeks of harvesting.
During bottling and packaging, we apply ISO procedures and strict safety measures at all stages of the process, according to national and international standards, which guarantee that superior quality is maintained throughout their life cycle.
Our extra virgin olive oils are packaged and sealed in dark-shaded or painted bottles, in order to protect them from the harmful effects of light and oxygen and keep their distinct aromas, unique flavors and beneficial properties unaltered.
