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Best Olive Oil

Sample edition. Every oil, medal, laboratory value, and price in this release is illustrative. None of it is a real competition result.

How the sample set works
Studio pour. Not a ranked oil.
SampleRobust

Koroneiki Dawn

Aegean Grove

67.1

Sample score · out of 100

Crete, Greece · Koroneiki · Harvest 2025 · Rank 4

Sample score

out of 100

Competition
61.1
Laboratory
81.2

Weights applied: competition 70% · laboratory 30%.

How this score is built

Fictional sample profile. Not a real bottle.

Green herbs, banana leaf, and a clean Cretan pungency. The sample gives it a best in class at Athena and a more modest result in New York, which is the sort of split a single-competition site cannot show.

Medals in the formula

CompetitionYearMedalPointsCounted in the top three
Athena International Olive Oil CompetitionRobust2026Best in class78.00100 × 0.78 × 1.00Counted in the top three
NYIOOC World Olive Oil CompetitionRobust2026Silver58.0058 × 1.00 × 1.00Counted in the top three
London IOOC2025Gold47.3680 × 0.74 × 0.80Counted in the top three

Laboratory panel

Sample measurement from the fictional Sample Laboratory. Not a certificate, and not a basis for a label claim.

Sample Laboratory · Dated 11 March 2026

Method. Illustrative panel. Not a certificate.

Polyphenols510 mg/kg

Sub-score 72.0. High for the oils people argue about. Still not, by itself, a legal health claim.

Free acidity0.20 %

Sub-score 92.3. At or under 0.20%. Typical of careful, fast milling.

Peroxide value7.6 meq O₂/kg

Sub-score 88.6. At or under 8 meq O₂/kg. Reads as a fresh oil.

K2321.70

Sub-score 80.0. At or under 1.80. Primary oxidation looks limited.

K2700.14

Sub-score 80.0. At or under 0.15. Secondary oxidation looks limited.

Where to buy

These retailers are fictional. This edition does not link out to a shop. Price does not affect the score. Euro-per-litre uses the October 2026 sample exchange rates.

  • Harbour & Vine (sample)

    500 ml · Sample

    €15.00€30 / L

The producer

Aegean Grove

A fictional Cretan grove for the Koroneiki sample. It is not a member of any Greek producer association.

Questions about this score

How was Koroneiki Dawn scored?

The sample score 67.1 uses scoring version 1.0.0 for ranking year 2026. Award points are medal × prestige × recency, the competition score is the mean of the highest three, and the laboratory is 30% of the final score when a panel exists. The rows above are the whole calculation.

Is Koroneiki Dawn a real competition result?

No. Koroneiki Dawn, its medals, its laboratory values, and its prices are sample records created to show the page. They are not official results from any competition.

Do the polyphenols decide the rank?

They are 40% of the laboratory score, and the laboratory is 30% of the final score when a panel exists. A high polyphenol oil with a thinner medal record stays behind a stronger set of medals. If there is no panel, polyphenols do not enter at all.