Fyllikon First Harvest Organic
Sakellaropoulos’s first-harvest oil, picked very unripe from mid-September to early October and extracted at 16–18 °C within hours, unfiltered — the greenest expression of the estate’s Koroneiki. Intense aromas of freshly picked green olives and fresh herbs, with a prolonged, complex, fresh aftertaste, in the producer’s words. It has been used in Harvard and Yale diet research, and the producer’s medal count for the whole range runs past 1,300, chiefly at London, Olympia and the EVOO World Ranking. The producer says its oils exceed 2,000 mg/kg polyphenols but publishes no dated per-oil certificate; a retailer prints 1,825 mg/kg by NMR for an unspecified lot. Neither is given a meter here.
The facts
| Cultivar | Koroneiki, monovarietal |
|---|---|
| Harvest | Mid-September to early October, very unripe |
| Polyphenols | “1,000+ mg/kg” (WOCH listing); producer states > 2,000 mg/kg for its oils without a per-lot certificate |
| Free acidity | “Very low” (producer), no figure |
| Extraction | 16–18 °C, within hours, unfiltered (producer) |
| Certification | Organic (Bio-Hellas) |
Awards
Where it's from
Skoura lies in the Evrotas valley below Sparta, between the Taygetos and Parnon ranges — Laconia’s classic Koroneiki country.
Koroneiki — the varietyLaboratory figures
What has been measured on this oil, and who measured it
No measured figure published
Extra virgin is capped at 0.80% — lower means fresher fruitPairs well with
In our shop instead
We do not stock Fyllikon First Harvest Organic. These are the closest bottles our retail partner carries.
