Quartz Hill Estate Olive Oil

Produced by Quartz Hill Olive Oil — producer profile

Verification
Expected
Expected from 2025 release · lab verified
Award Record
2 awards
Across 2 releases · 1 competition Latest: Silver · 2024 AIOA
Phenols
449 mg/kg
Reported total-phenol result
Latest Release
2026
4 releases recorded

Quartz Hill Estate is the producer's original robust extra virgin olive oil, grown in the Macedon Ranges' cool climate and volcanic soils. The olives are harvested early and pressed the same day. The oil has a naturally bitter and peppery profile with subtle eucalyptus notes.

Evidence over time

Release History

2026
Available: 18 July 2026
Phenols
449 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.
2025 Verified
Harvest Type
Early Harvest
Phenols
553 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
0.15%
Free fatty acids measure the breakdown of fats in oil. Lower FFA values indicate quality and freshness.
Peroxide
5.4
Peroxide value measures the primary oxidation of an oil. A lower peroxide value is better.
Producer Notes
Harvested in the third week of May. Described as a robust profile with bitterness, pepperiness and subtle eucalyptus notes.
2024
Phenols (Est.)
~501 mg/kg
Estimated based on historical data.

Awards & recognition

2023
No release recorded

No release is recorded for this harvest year.

2022
Phenols (Est.)
~501 mg/kg
Estimated based on historical data.

Awards & recognition

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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 informationHarvest date disclosed
Place & provenance

Sense of place

The oil is listed as coming from a single estate in North West Victoria, Victoria, Australia, 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 originNorth West Victoria, Victoria, AustraliaSingle 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

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