Old French Road Kalamata

Old French Road is a boutique grove on Banks Peninsula near Akaroa, where Jan Whyte and Niall Holland press Kalamata olives from trees on the property into a cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil. It is one of four varieties milled there, with Frantoio, Manzanillo and Picholene pressed separately on site. In this marginal climate polyphenols often reach 400 to 800 mg/kg, which keeps the oils in the medium to intense category.