ATHENAION ESTATE
Three Hundred Years of Pressing.
Single Estate · Peloponnese, Greece

Athenaion Estate

Three Hundred Years of Pressing.

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· SINCE 1724 · KORONEIKI · PELOPONNESE · SINGLE HARVEST ·
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Years. The oldest tree still bears fruit.
The Grove

A Living
Archive

Our trees were planted before your grandfather was born. The Athenaion grove in the Peloponnese has been cultivated without interruption since 1724, surviving famines, occupations, and three centuries of harvest seasons. ATHENAION does not farm olives — it tends a memory.

1724 Founded
37.8°N Latitude
320m Altitude
1,200 Trees
Harvest Window

The Season
Opens Soon

142
Days
18
Hours
44
Minutes
07
Seconds

"We press only in the window between early November and late December, when the fruit reaches precise phenolic density. A single week late or early changes everything."

Three Expressions

The Estate
Collection

Each expression reflects a single variety, a single altitude, and a single moment in the harvest window.

Koroneiki Expression
Early Harvest
Koroneiki · Peloponnese

ΠΡΩΤΗ — Prima

  • Altitude320m
  • Polyphenols642 mg/kg
  • Acidity0.14%
  • CharacterPeppery · Green Almond · Artichoke
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Arbequina Expression
Limited Edition
Manaki · Crete

ΔΕΥΤΕΡΗ — Secunda

  • Altitude280m
  • Polyphenols488 mg/kg
  • Acidity0.18%
  • CharacterFruity · Ripe Tomato · Herbs
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Picual Expression
Athinolia · Laconia

ΤΡΙΤΗ — Tertia

  • Altitude350m
  • Polyphenols710 mg/kg
  • Acidity0.11%
  • CharacterIntense · Pine · Sun-dried Fig
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Est. 1724

The first pressing at Athenaion was recorded in the winter of 1724. The grove passed through eight generations of a single family before it was understood that the oil was the estate's true language — not the stone buildings, not the herds, but the trees.

Today, 1,200 trees cover 18 hectares of Laconian limestone. The oldest survive earthquakes. They outlast empires. They press the same oil they have always pressed.

Harvest Journal

Field Notes

Harvest Journal
Harvest

On the Day We Begin to Hate the Olives

Day twelve of picking. The hands that raised them for a year must now strip them. There is a violence in harvest that most people prefer not to know about.

November 14, 2025
Press Journal
Press

What the Cold Press Remembers

At 27°C, the oil releases its first green wave. Lower, and the fruit never opens. Higher, and the phenolics scatter. There is one temperature at which everything is true.

November 22, 2025
Terroir Journal
Terroir

Why Limestone Tastes Like Stone

The roots reach 12 metres into calcareous bedrock. Every mineral the tree encounters becomes part of the oil. Limestone is not metaphor here — it is ingredient.

December 3, 2025
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The 2025
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Provenance

The Estate
Location

ATHENAION ESTATE 37.8°N · 22.4°E · 320m Ionian Sea Aegean Sea PELOPONNESE N