Koroneiki - BIO

A Château d’Estoublon that does not actually come from France

See the elegant bottle and the name Château d’Estoublon and your thoughts naturally turn to Provence. Yet the story of this olive oil begins hundreds of kilometres further east.

This is a 100% Greek Koroneiki. The olives grow in Greece and the olive oil is produced there. Only afterwards does it receive the distinctive presentation of Château d’Estoublon.

Greek extra virgin olive oil dressed in French haute couture, you might say.

The style is distinctly green and fresh. The aroma and flavour reveal freshly cut grass, green apple, fresh green herbs and tomato leaf.

Fruitiness is pronounced while bitterness remains gentle. Elegant pepperiness in the finish provides enough tension without becoming harsh or aggressive.

The result is a Koroneiki with plenty of character, yet also the refinement you expect from a bottle carrying the Château d’Estoublon name.

Koroneiki is the classic Greek olive variety for high-quality olive oil. The small fruit is known for fresh green aromas, beautiful fruitiness and a characteristic peppery finish.

Only organically grown Koroneiki olives are used for this oil. They are harvested early and carefully processed to preserve their fresh character.

So this is not a French interpretation of a Greek olive. It is genuine Greek olive oil, selected and presented by a French château.

Behind this olive oil lies a family story. The Greek Koroneiki comes from the family of Valerie Schneider, former owner of Château d’Estoublon.

Valerie Schneider and her husband Rémy Reboul were for many years the driving forces behind the revival of Château d’Estoublon. During that period, the château became one of the most recognisable names in the world of luxury olive oil.

This bottle therefore connects two places that might initially appear to have little in common: Greek family olive groves and a celebrated château in Provence.

Picked green for freshness and character

The Koroneiki olives are harvested early and processed quickly. This helps preserve the fresh green aromas of the fruit as effectively as possible.

The oil is cold extracted and obtained solely by mechanical means. The result is a lively extra virgin olive oil with pronounced green fruitiness.

You can taste it particularly clearly in the combination of grass, green apple and tomato leaf – aromas that suit high-quality Koroneiki beautifully.

This Koroneiki is particularly good with tomato salad, cucumber, feta, fish, grilled vegetables, bread and light Mediterranean dishes.

The green aromas add extra freshness to vegetables, while the restrained bitterness and pepperiness avoid overwhelming delicate fish.

And simply with good bread? That remains the quickest way to discover what is really inside a bottle.

After production, the olive oil comes to Château d’Estoublon, where it is bottled in the house’s distinctive apothecary-style bottle.

That creates the combination that makes this bottle so unusual: an authentic Greek product with the presentation and elegance of Château d’Estoublon.

Or more simply: Greece makes the olive oil. Provence makes sure it looks particularly beautiful on the table.

We have known the Schneider and Reboul families and Château d’Estoublon since the period in which the estate was being rebuilt and placed firmly on the international map.

That is precisely why we find this Koroneiki such an interesting bottle. It tells a story not only about Greek olive oil, but also about the family history behind one of Provence’s best-known olive-oil houses.

Sometimes a label tells only a small part of the story. This is one of those bottles.

Koroneiki is small in size but enormously important to Greek olive oil. In our Olijfolie Academie you can discover why this variety is so special and how many different styles it can produce.

Discover more about Koroneiki, Greek olive oil and the remarkable story of Château d’Estoublon.