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Mia Elia Extra Virgin Olive Oil, front-facing on a white background
White 250 ml Mia Elia Extra Virgin Olive Oil bottle
Mia Elia olive grove on a hillside near Trigonas, Lesvos

Mia Elia Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Produced by Mia Elia — producer profile

Monovarietal Kolovi olive oil — variety guide

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At a glance

Latest recorded release · 2025

4 awards across 4 releases

Latest: Silver · Berlin GOOA · 2024

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Kolovi Monovarietal

Mia Elia Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made mainly from the indigenous Kolovi olive in the family's Koumaries and Veranda groves near Trigonas, in the Plomari district of Lesvos. The family hand-picks the fruit from late October to December and takes it promptly to the mill, where the olive paste is processed at no more than 27°C before the oil is separated by centrifuge.

The producer describes the oil as intense, fruity and full-bodied, with balanced bitterness and pungency and a discreet aftertaste. The trees in the two groves date from the replanting that followed Lesvos's frost of 1850.

Mia Elia has received Quality awards at the London International Olive Oil Competition in 2020 and the Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards in 2021, 2023 and 2024.

Evidence over time

Release History

2026 Predicted
Expected harvest: 25 October 2026
Varieties
Kolovi
2025
Harvested: 25 October 2025
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Varieties
Kolovi
Producer Notes
The family hand-picks its olives from late October to December, takes the freshly picked fruit to the mill and processes the olive paste at no more than 27°C before centrifugal separation.
2024
No release recorded

No release is recorded for this harvest year.

2023
Varieties
Kolovi

Awards & recognition

2022
Varieties
Kolovi

Awards & recognition

2021
No release recorded

No release is recorded for this harvest year.

2020
Varieties
Kolovi

Awards & recognition

2019
Varieties
Kolovi

Awards & recognition

2019
Producer established

Mia Elia was established in 2019.

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Oil Character

Freshness & season

Harvest freshness

Harvest timing helps you judge an oil's age, while filtration and release style affect how quickly it is best enjoyed.

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 25 October 2025
Place & provenance

Sense of place

This oil is listed as originating in Lesvos, North Aegean, Greece.

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 originLesvos, North Aegean, Greece
Harvest & milling

How it was made

The olives are listed as being harvested manually.

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 informationHand picked
Olive composition

Single variety listed

The latest release lists Kolovi 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 dataKolovi
Heritage & rarity

Centenarian trees (>100 years)

The oil is associated with fruit from trees listed as more than 100 years old.

Why choose it

Choose it for its connection to agricultural history, old-grove preservation and the relative rarity of fruit from long-lived trees.

Worth knowing

Tree age alone does not guarantee greater complexity, stability or quality.

Product informationCentenarian trees (>100 years)

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