Frantoio Grove Frantoio Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Produced by Frantoio Grove — producer profile

Verification
Expected
Expected from 2024 release · lab verified
Award Record
8 awards
Across 4 releases · 1 competition Latest: Best of Show Monovarietal Extra Virgin Olive Oil · 2026 California State Fair EVOO Competition
Phenols
428 mg/kg
Expected from 2024 release
Latest Release
2025
4 releases recorded

This regeneratively grown Frantoio EVOO from estate olives offers a vibrant, peppery flavour profile with notes of fresh herbs, cut grass, grassy aromatics, citrus, stone fruit, grapefruit, ripe pomme fruit, subtle tropical undertones, and sherry like richness. Olives are hand-picked at the first sign of ripening and cold-milled on-site within 90 minutes to preserve freshness, balance, and high polyphenols, meeting strict COOC standards for extra virgin quality. Certified by the California Olive Oil Council and Regenerative Organic Certified by CCOF, it's perfect as a finishing oil... drizzle over salads, vegetables, or vanilla bean ice cream with Fleur de Sel, or use in vinaigrettes and for bread dipping.

Evidence over time

Release History

2025
Harvested: 1 November 2025
Harvest Type
Early Harvest
Varieties
Phenols (Est.)
~443 mg/kg
Estimated based on historical data.
2024 Verified
Harvested: 27 November 2024

Sensory Profile

Fruitiness5.5
Harvest Type
Early Harvest
Varieties
Phenols
428 mg/kg
Polyphenols are naturally occurring compounds found in olives and other plants. In olive oil, reported phenolic content is a chemistry measure that can be associated with bitterness, pungency and oxidative stability; total phenols are not interchangeable with hydroxytyrosol-plus-derivatives measurement used for the EU-authorised wording.
This reported total-phenol result is not the hydroxytyrosol-plus-derivatives measurement used to assess the EU-authorised olive-oil wording.
FFA
0.19%
Free fatty acids measure the breakdown of fats in oil. Lower FFA values indicate quality and freshness.
Peroxide
5.8
Peroxide value measures the primary oxidation of an oil. A lower peroxide value is better.
2023 Verified

Sensory Profile

Fruitiness5.1
Bitterness2.6
Pungency3.6
Harvest Type
Early Harvest
Varieties
Phenols
458 mg/kg
Polyphenols are naturally occurring compounds found in olives and other plants. In olive oil, reported phenolic content is a chemistry measure that can be associated with bitterness, pungency and oxidative stability; total phenols are not interchangeable with hydroxytyrosol-plus-derivatives measurement used for the EU-authorised wording.
This reported total-phenol result is not the hydroxytyrosol-plus-derivatives measurement used to assess the EU-authorised olive-oil wording.
FFA
0.17%
Free fatty acids measure the breakdown of fats in oil. Lower FFA values indicate quality and freshness.
Peroxide
3.21
Peroxide value measures the primary oxidation of an oil. A lower peroxide value is better.
2022
No release recorded

No release is recorded for this harvest year.

2021
Phenols (Est.)
~443 mg/kg
Estimated based on historical data.
2005
Producer established

Frantoio Grove was established in 2005.

Explore the oil

Sensory Profile

Fruitiness 4.3
Fruitiness refers to the aroma and taste of fresh, ripe or green olives in the oil.
Bitterness 3.7
Bitterness is a positive sensory attribute of an EVOO. It can also signal the presence of phenolic compounds.
Pungency 4.2
Pungency is the pleasant peppery or spicy sensation experienced at the back of the throat when tasting olive oil.
Polyphenols 8.4
Polyphenols are naturally occurring compounds found in olives and other plants. In olive oil, reported phenolic content is a chemistry measure that can be associated with bitterness, pungency and oxidative stability; total phenols are not interchangeable with hydroxytyrosol-plus-derivatives measurement used for the EU-authorised wording.
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Estimated Based on profiles for: Frantoio .

Freshness & season

Harvest freshness

The harvest date is disclosed on the bottle or product information, making the release easier to date and compare.

Why choose it

Choose a recent, clearly dated release when you want the most vivid expression of its aromas and flavour.

Worth knowing

A harvest date does not reveal how the oil was stored, so date is an important signal rather than a guarantee of condition.

Product informationHarvested 1 November 2025Harvest date disclosed
Place & provenance

Sense of place

The oil is listed as coming from a single estate in Sonoma County, California, United States, giving it a specific farm origin.

Why choose it

Choose a clearly identified origin when local identity, traceability and connection to a particular growing area matter to you.

Worth knowing

Origin can make an oil distinctive, but does not by itself guarantee quality or a particular flavour.

Listed originSonoma County, California, United StatesSingle estate
Harvest & milling

How it was made

The olives are listed as being milled at the producing estate or farm.

Why choose it

These practices may appeal when you value hands-on harvesting, cooler fruit handling or direct estate control over milling.

Worth knowing

They describe production methods, not elapsed harvest-to-mill time or proof that the finished oil is fresher or better.

Product informationProcessed on-site
Olive composition

Single variety listed

The latest release lists Frantoio as its only recorded cultivar.

Why choose it

A release listing one cultivar is useful when you want to explore that variety's typical character.

Worth knowing

One listed cultivar does not record a percentage, so it should not be treated as proof of 100% composition without a source saying so.

Release dataFrantoio
Farming & certification

Growing choices

The oil records certification to an organic production standard.

Why choose it

Choose the practices and certifications that best match your environmental and farming priorities.

Worth knowing

Farming method and certification may guide values-based choices, but do not automatically determine flavour, freshness or nutritional value.

Certification details listedCertified organic · CCOF

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