2007 Harvest

2007 was, to put it mildly, a very difficult year... To begin, we had a very full and copious bloom on the trees. Then came the rain to wash the pollen out. Next, nature let loose with a very hot period just after the rains. The heat wilted what few blossoms remained after the rains, leaving precious little to generate fruit. So, what looked to be a very promisiing year, turned into a disaster. All in all, the year of 2007 will go down as the worst harvest in California since 1931. Most producers, Sylverleaf included, reported harvests that were only 15% of a normal year. What fruit was left on the trees contained a solid amount of oil and the flavors were very good. No picking crews were to be found, so we learned to pick the olives by ourselves...

The blended oils for 2007 had the following results in an independent chemical analysis: