The work has been guided over fifteen harvests by founder Fil Bucchino and verified through chemical analysis and certified sensory assessment.

What becomes possible when land is healthy, decisions are restrained, and craft is practiced with intention can be measured.

Extra virgin olive oil lives at the intersection of chemistry, sensory expression, and care. Each number reflects how a tree was nurtured, how fruit was protected, and how oil was transformed without compromise.

Chemical Integrity

What the world measures, and how we interpret it

Acidity

A baseline, not a measure of excellence

Industry limit
≤ 0.8%

Abandoned Grove 15-year average
~0.19%

Acidity reflects the condition of the fruit before it becomes oil.

It is also the most easily achieved number in the industry, and the most easily manipulated. Through blending or selective dilution, acidity can be lowered without improving the oil itself.

Low acidity alone does not indicate excellence. It simply confirms basic competence.

Peroxide Value

Freshness and shelf life

Industry limit
≤ 20 meq O₂/kg

Abandoned Grove 15-year average
~5.86 meq O₂/kg

Peroxides measure the earliest stage of oxidation. Lower values indicate an oil at the beginning of its life, with greater stability and a longer shelf life.

This is about protection from the moment the fruit leaves the tree.

UV Absorption

Proof of authenticity

Industry limits
K232 ≤ 2.50
K270 ≤ 0.22
ΔK ≤ 0.01

Abandoned Grove 15-year averages
~1.78 · ~0.15 · ~0.001

UV values detect subtle oxidation and refining markers invisible to other tests.

Clean readings confirm purity, compliance, and the absence of hidden refinement.

These numbers do not trend by accident.

Oleic Acid

Stability and intrinsic identity

Industry requirement
Not required

Abandoned Grove 15-year average
~75%

Oleic acid contributes to longevity, oxidative stability, and nutritional integrity.

Many oils fall between 55 and 60 percent, losing stability and behaving less predictably over time.

High oleic content here is not engineered. It is preserved through variety selection, harvest timing, and geographical location.

Phenolic Compounds

Structure, vitality, and perspective

Industry requirement
Not required

Abandoned Grove 15-year average
~505 mg/kg

Phenolics influence bitterness, pungency, shelf life, and health benefits. They are also one of the most misunderstood and overstated numbers in olive oil today.

We take a different position.

Phenolics matter, but only in balance, enough to protect the oil, support longevity, and contribute to health without overwhelming flavour or pleasure.

Extra virgin olive oil is food, not a shortcut supplement.

Pesticides and Contaminants

Purity beyond certification

Industry requirement
Not required

Abandoned Grove average
No detectable residues

Each harvest undergoes multi-residue testing capable of detecting hundreds of synthetic pesticides and contaminants.

Purity should never be claimed.
It should be measured.

Independent Verification

Chemical analysis confirms composition, but classification also requires sensory evaluation.

Every harvest undergoes blind tasting by certified sensory panels trained to identify fruitiness, balance, and the complete absence of defects.

Together, laboratory analysis and sensory assessment confirm the oil’s authenticity as true extra virgin.

Balance Over Extremes

Our oils are intentional.

Intensity is never pursued for its own sake. Every harvest is envisioned to balance fruitiness, bitterness, and pungency in harmony, preserving pleasure, structure, shelf life, and health together.

This philosophy echoes across the work:

Restraint over force.
Harmony over noise.
Craft over shortcuts.

What results are oils that are vibrant, structured, and alive, yet always composed.

What the Numbers Reveal

Across every harvest since our inception, the pattern holds.

These are not marketing achievements. They are the natural outcome of regeneration over extraction, intention over trends, and expertise practiced with patience.

Care comes first.
The harvest follows.

Extra virgin olive oil reveals itself through the care of the land and the patience of the people who steward it. Explore the groves where these oils are born.

Explore the Groves