The top of the Le Ferre range and the best-documented oil in our partner’s shop. Coratina for power, Frantoio chosen each harvest to round it: intense, broad aromas of olive leaf, green tomato and artichoke heart with a hint of ripe nut, a soft full body, and a long warm pungency from an exceptional oleocanthal content. The polyphenol figure is measured by the IOC’s HPLC method at Chemiservice, an ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory in Monopoli, and the report is linked from the product page — which is the standard every number on this site would like to meet.
Tasting notes
- Fruity
- olive leaf, green tomato, artichoke
- Bitter
- firm, tempered by Frantoio
- Pungent
- long, warm — oleocanthal
The facts
| Cultivar | Coratina and Frantoio; Frantoio share selected per harvest |
|---|---|
| Harvest | 2025/26; processed within 24 hours |
| Polyphenols | 703 mg/kg — HPLC, Chemiservice ISO/IEC 17025, Monopoli (report linked) |
| Oleocanthal | 331 mg/kg (same report) |
| Free acidity | 0.24% |
| Peroxide value | 4.5 meq O₂/kg |
| Extraction | Cold, below 27 °C, continuous two-phase; stored under nitrogen |
| Groves | 230–290 m, neutral-pH soils (producer) |
| Formats | 500 ml |
Awards
Where it's from
Western Puglia, on the ravine country between the Murgia and the Gulf of Taranto.
Laboratory figures
What has been measured on this oil, and who measured it
Qualifies for the EU antioxidant health claim
At 703 mg/kg this oil is above the 250 mg/kg threshold Regulation 432/2012 sets for hydroxytyrosol and its derivatives, as reported by the report linked.