Apokoronas Chanion Kritis

Apokoronas Chanion Kritis is a PDO extra virgin olive oil produced from the Koroneiki variety, which must constitute a minimum of ninety percent of the blend, grown and processed within a defined group of villages in the Apokoronas province of the Prefecture of Chania, Crete. Olive fruit fly treatment is restricted to ground-level spraying or biological methods.

About this designation

Registered as a PDO on 21 January 1998 under file number PDO-GR-0047 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013020), Apokoronas Chanion Kritis designates an extra virgin olive oil whose geographical area is defined by the administrative boundaries of the villages of Fylaki, Armena, Alikambos, Vafi, Vrysses, Gavalokhorio, and Gonia in the province of Apokoronas, Prefecture of Chania, Crete. The specification requires that the oil be produced from the Koroneiki variety of olive at a minimum of ninety percent. Olives must be grown exclusively within the designated area and must also be processed there. Processing is carried out in traditional or centrifugal olive mills. The specification restricts treatment of the olive fruit fly to ground-level spraying or biological methods; no other methods are permitted under this requirement. The applicant group at the time of registration was the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Apokoronas, Crete, based in Vamos, Chania. The inspection body named in the specification is the Agriculture Directorate of the Prefecture of Chania. Authenticated product carries the label designation "Olive Oil PDO Apokoronas – Khania – Crete" together with a control number in the format AP followed by a label serial number and the last two digits of the year of production.

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 26, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PDO on 21 January 1998 under file number PDO-GR-0047, eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013020.
• The Koroneiki variety must constitute a minimum of ninety percent of the olives used; the specification permits no other variety to predominate.
• The geographical area is limited to the villages of Fylaki, Armena, Alikambos, Vafi, Vrysses, Gavalokhorio, and Gonia in the Apokoronas province of Chania.
• Authenticated bottles carry a control number in the format AP – label serial number / last two digits of the year of production.

Tasting notes

Various Greek regional EVOO POPs across Crete and Peloponnese, primarily Koroneiki cultivar with regional variations.

HoReCa use

Greek regional cuisine; finishing oils.

Packaging

• glass-bottle-500ml
• tin-3L
• tin-5L

Seasonality