Ascolano 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Medium Intensity-2025 Harvest
Our Early Harvest Ascolano Extra Virgin Olive Oil is pressed from green, just‑ripening olives to capture maximum freshness, flavor, and polyphenols. This years harvest shows vibrant stone‑fruit and tropical notes—peach, apricot, pear, and melon—layered over a greener character of fresh artichoke, tomato leaf, and garden herbs.
On the palate, it is medium in intensity with a lively, robust structure: more pronounced pungency, a pleasant peppery kick, and a touch of balanced bitterness that gives the oil energy and lift, while still finishing smooth and naturally sweet.
Crush Date 11/2025
Olive Varietal Ascolano
Region Woodland, CA
Intensity Medium
Polyphenols 500
Free Fatty Acid .21%
Peroxide Value 4.00 meq/kg
UV Absorbance (K232) 1.682
UV Absorbance (K270) 0.137
UV Absorbance (Delta K) -0.0030
The elevated polyphenol content of this early harvest Ascolano makes it an excellent choice for health‑minded cooking and bold pairings—drizzle over grilled or roasted vegetables, hearty salads, legumes, and simply prepared fish or chicken, or use it to finish grain bowls and seasonal soups. It also adds structure and complexity when blended into vinaigrettes or paired with your brighter balsamics, creating a dynamic sweet‑tart‑peppery contrast ideal for elevating foods.
Here is the latest and greatest report on the health benefits of Extra Virgin Olive Oil put out in 2023. It is full of info including busting those myths about cooking with olive oil as well as comparing it to other oils, and the cardiovascular and diabetes benefits. Thanks to its status as a spotlight food in the Mediterranean diet, and thanks to extensive research on its unique phytonutrient composition, olive oil has become a legendary culinary oil with very difficult to match health benefits.
Polyphenols have been shown to function as both antioxidants and as anti-inflammatory nutrients in the body. The very number and variety of polyphenols in olive oil helps explain the unique health benefits of this culinary oil. Because of the high polyphenol levels, as little as 1-2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil per day have been shown to be associated with significant health and anti-inflammatory benefits.
• Lowers the risk of Inflammatory and Auto-Immune Disease problems
• Lowers the risk of Cardiovascular/Heart problems (polyphenols)
• Assists with proper balance of LDL and HDL cholesterol
• Digestive Tract benefits
• Support of overall Bone Health
• Improved Cognitive Function
• Olive Oil is not a commonly allergenic food and is not known to contain oxalates or purines