Aerial view of the Bastide du Laval olive grove

CADENET · SOUTHERN LUBERON

The estate and olive grove

30 hectares of olive trees, woodland and hills.

A WORKING FARM

Olive groves
at the foot of the Luberon.

Freshly harvested olives in the estate’s olive grove

The estate covers some 30 hectares in Cadenet. Fifteen hectares are given over to the olive grove; the rest is woodland, hills, tracks and wild garrigue scrubland.

Around 4,000 olive trees are grown here organically. Varieties include Aglandau, Salonenque, Picholine, Cayon and Bouteillan, and the three gîtes are named after them.

After the harvest, the olives are pressed at the Bastide du Laval mill, right here on the estate.

Aerial view of the rows of olive trees and the estate’s woodland

30 haestate

15 haof olive grove

15 haof woodland and hills

The olive grove and the Bastide du Laval mill at the heart of the estate — © Luberon Sud Tourisme

THE ESTATE’S OLIVE MILL

From olive to oil.

The Bastide du Laval mill presses olives from the estate and from local growers. Visitors can see the main stages of production, then taste the oils made on site.

Tours and tastings

© Dylan Mondy

02 Pressing
The fruit is sorted, washed and crushed, then processed at a carefully controlled temperature.
03 Tasting
The tour ends with a tasting to discover the different flavours of the oils.

The estate and olive grove

Olive grovesat the foot of the Luberon.

From olive to oil.

Olive groves
at the foot of the Luberon.