OUR GOURMET SERIES

“Our Grand Cru produced from olives coming from specific olive groves and a lot of love… starting from the way of cultivating the olive trees to the final packaging.”

Our Gourmet series is produced by specific olive groves. This series is what might be called the Grand Cru, or Single Malt of our produce.  Using olives only from specific groves for these olive oils means that growing conditions of the fruits are the same. ie the age of the trees, soil composition, the amount of precipitation, the microclimate. Therefore, the final product is both homogeneous and completely unique. This range includes the gourmet products Potamia and Casteli.

These two excellent olive oils are bottled in special glass bottles and then packaged into cartons, ensuring the greatest possible protection from light before reaching your table, thus preserving their complete flavor palate.

We have shown the same care in our packaging as we have show in the production of our olive oil. The overall design is a work of graphic designer Katerina Xenou, while our boxes are illustrated with original engravings of the artist Ira Spagadorou, creating a unique aesthetic effect. An excellent product in the packaging it deserves.

POTAMIA

“single grove, organic extra virgin olive oil, extremely low acidity, deep green color, smooth texture…do not be mistaken by the beautiful packaging… enjoy it.”


We are really proud of Potamia. An excellent organic olive oil produced from selected, handpicked olives, lovingly gathered exclusively from only one grove. The olives are gathered every year mid November and pressed within maximum four hours after being picked, which is one of the reasons our Potamia olive oil keeps all its freshness and flavors.

The extremely low acidity, which has through the years been lower than 0.3%, has brought our Potamia olive oil into the “informal” category of “ultra” extra virgin olive oil that only a few producers can achieve. In addition, already since 2008, our Potamia olive oil is being certified as a product of organic farming.

Potamia is cold extracted and unfiltered thus it keeps all its natural flavors and nutritional values.
It has a deep color, smooth texture and the complex aromas of fresh cut apple and olive leaves. The flavor is sweetly mature and spicy.

We suggest you enjoy it on salads, boiled greens, vegetables, fish, barbecue, game … or by just dipping a piece of fresh bread in it.

In brief:

  • Single grove – trees of the same age, same soil, same quantity of water provide a really homogeneous olive oil
  • “Ultra” Extra Virgin – extremely low acidity, lower than 0.3% (the threshold for extra virgin is at 0.8%)
  • Certified Organic since 2008
  • Cold extracted (below 20 C) and unfiltered allowing the olive oil to keep all its its natural flavors and nutritional values.
  • Monovarietal – made with Koronieki olives full of aromas and very high content of polyphenols
  • Hand picked – only first class olives make it to the olive mill
  • Olives pressed within 4 hours from being picked

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE POTAMIA OLIVE GROVES

This is a 12 acre family estate situated in Messinia, 14 km from Koroni. It is part of a small valley, where the grove is transected by a river without a name, thus the name Potamia or River after the river. The presence of natural sources of fresh potable water at the foot of the hill and the low depth of the centre of the river bed as well as the groundwater supply the trees in a natural way, creating the unique microclimate of the area. Potamia has mostly perennial trees. In 2008, the Olive Groves of Potamia joined the program for organic farming and was officially certified to produce organic extra virgin olive oil.

CASTELI

“from a unique grove, limited production, extra virgin, fine, soft and delicate with notes of freshly cut grass and chamomile… simply enjoy it.”


We are excited to present to you our olive oil Casteli. An extra virgin olive oil produced from olives picked and gathered by hand in mid-November, exclusively from the olive grove Casteli of Messinia, using all the knowledge of harvesting passed down from generation to generation.

The olives were pressed within four hours after being picked, to make sure that the olive oil will maintain its freshness and flavors.

Throughout the years our Casteli olive grove has been producing an exceptionally fine oil, soft, with delicate notes of freshly cut grass and chamomile. In addition, it’s acidity level has always been below 0.3%. A truly “ultra” extra virgin olive oil.

Casteli is cold extracted and unfiltered thus it keeps all its natural flavors and nutritional values.

It is available in a secure, transparent glass bottle of 500ml, with a flow limiter for easier use.

Enjoy it on your salads, cooked fresh vegetables, legumes, fish, barbecue or game or on some bread as a delicious and healthy snack.

In brief:

  • Single grove – trees of the same age, same soil, same quantity of water provide a really homogeneous olive oil
  • “Ultra” Extra Virgin – extremely low acidity, lower than 0.3% (the threshold for extra virgin is at 0.8%)
  • Cold extracted (below 20 C) and unfiltered allowing the olive oil to keep all its its natural flavors and nutritional values.
  • Monovarietal – made with Koronieki olives full of aromas and very high content of polyphenols
  • Hand picked – only first class olives make it to the olive mill
  • Olives pressed within 4 hours from being picked

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CASTELI OLIVE GROVES

Casteli is the name of a village that once was built on the slopes of the hill of Prophet Elias. The inhabitants were forced to move there about 150 years ago in order to build the current New Koroni, after a massive earthquake destroyed everything. There are some ruins that still lie in the area where the family olive groves of Casteli are located, over a ten-acre area. Among the ruins is a Byzantine church, built in 1100 AD, which was partially restored only to be endangered again by the repeated earthquake tremors in this region which is considered by experts to be particularly seismic. The olive grove is located on the hillside overlooking the Messinian gulf and is planted with relatively new olive trees aged 50-60 years of the Koroneiki variety. The farm does not use chemical fertilizers and follows the same standards and procedures for cultivation and production as the olive groves of Messinia. In addition, the prominent location of Casteli grove near the Messinian gulf is providing this extra touch of a sea breeze that defines the microclimate of the grove.