Harvest consulting
Deciding the exact harvest day is the decision that most affects quality. We make it with a maturity index, fruit tasting and data — not the calendar.
One day late, one grade lower
Bringing the harvest forward or pushing it back changes the oil yield, the sensory profile and the selling price. Without technical judgement you lose green fruit — and with it, the polyphenols and volatiles that set a singular EVOO apart from a merely correct one.
Veraison monitoring
Maturity index and fruit sampling by estate and variety.
Yield vs. quality
The point where oil yield and sensory profile balance out.
Fruit tasting
Sensory evaluation of the fruit before harvest to set the window.
Harvest plan
Calendar by plot
Fruit handling
Harvesting
Optimal window
The exact day and time slot for each variety and plot.
An orderly process, with judgement at every step
Sampling
We take fruit by plot and variety and measure maturity and moisture.
Fruit tasting
We assess the sensory potential of each plot on the nose and palate.
Optimal window
We cross data and tasting to set the day and order of harvest.
Coordination
We align crew
Built for your project
- Mills looking to move up a grade
- Brands with their own estate
- Cooperatives wanting to differentiate batches
01 When should we start?
02 Do you work by variety?
03 Do we need our own laboratory?
Shall we start with one estate?
A visit and a sampling are enough to set your harvest window.
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