Hermus Ayvalık
Türkiye’s classic oil variety in Hermus’s early-picked style, and the bottling that has collected most of the company’s medals since 2017. Our shop carries the September 2025 early harvest. The producer’s US listing states 500+ mg/kg polyphenols.
The facts
| Cultivar | 100% Ayvalık |
|---|---|
| Harvest | September, early |
| Polyphenols | 500+ mg/kg (producer’s US listing) |
| Free acidity | Below 0.2% (producer) |
| Extraction | Cold (producer) |
| Availability | Not in the 2026 Turkish range as listed; last US harvest 2022/23 |
Awards
Gold · NYIOOC 2024Gold · Olive Japan 2024Gold · London IOOC 2024Gold · Monte Carlo 2024Gold · NYIOOC 2023Gold · Berlin GOOA 2023Silver · NYIOOC 2022Gold · Olive Japan 2022Best in Class · JOOP 2022Gold · NYIOOC 2019
Where it's from
Ayvalık is the Edremit Gulf’s olive, two hundred kilometres north; grown here on the Gediz plain it is picked far earlier than the Gulf’s late-ripening norm.
Laboratory figures
What has been measured on this oil, and who measured it
Total polyphenols
500+ mg/kg
No measured figure published
The EU 432/2012 antioxidant claim starts at 250 mg/kgSource: producer’s US listingFree acidity
0.2%
Extra virgin is capped at 0.80% — lower means fresher fruitSource: producer