Sensory experience
Une huile d'exception et de caractère pour les amateurs de sensations gustatives intenses !
Eye
Très beau doré aux reflets verts.
Nose
Un bouquet frais et intense d'herbe fraîchement coupée.
Palate
Des arômes très intenses d’herbe fraîche et d’artichaut cru mêlées à des notes d'oseille et d’amande verte, avec une belle structure et une intensité en bouche très équilibrée et une ardence soutenue.
Food & oil pairing
Cette huile d'olive Aglandau fera merveille en accompagnement de vos salades et crudités ; un délice sur les tomates-mozzarella ! C'est aussi une huile de choix pour agrémenter vos légumes crus, vapeur ou au four.
Elle se marie à la perfection avec les plats de caractère comme une ratatouille, un aïoli ou une anchoïade.
Elle réhaussera également avec caractère vos plats de pâtes, pommes de terre et autres féculents.
Dominant aromas
Green grass
Raw artichoke
Green almond
Tomato leaf
Walnut
Estate & Olive trees
At Domaine de la Baume in Provence, centuries-old olive trees flourish at an altitude of 600 meters in a natural, sun-drenched tufa amphitheater.
It is in Tourtour, one of the most beautiful villages in France, also called "the village in the sky", that the Domaine de la Baume nestles in an idyllic natural setting at the entry of Gorges du Verdon. With its myriad woods, garrigues, rivers, caves and waterfalls, this land expresses pure nature of Provence.
In this exceptional terroir where thymes, cistus and wild lavender perfume the air with the scent of garrigue, olive trees have been king for many centuries. They give us their "green gold", rich and intense in aromas, and very concentrated in polyphenols.
- Certification
Organic Farming
- Olive variety
Aglandau
- Number of olive trees
100
- Age of olive trees
Over 50 years old
Organic farming
Cradle of the living, the Domaine de la Baume is part of the Natura 2000 protected site “Sources et tufs from Haut-Var”, a natural home rich in biodiversity and rare and endangered species, particularly bats. Preserving this richness is our priority here and we work every day to protect the diversity of living in this setting of forests and scrubland.
Generations of farmers have tended, pruned and nurtured these olive trees with patience and common sense, and in return they have received their precious green gold. We continue the work of our elders with respect and humility, practicing ancestral cultivation methods, by hand, organically, without treatment or irrigation. And so, we continue to venerate this sacred tree, emblem of Provence, symbol of peace, wisdom and perseverance.
Harvesting & Extraction
Every stage in the production of our olive oils is carried out with care and love of work well done, to bring you a fresh "green gold", rich in aroma and polyphenols.
We harvest the green Aglandau olives, at the moment when the olive delivers fresh and green aromas with a high but equilibrate pungency and bitterness, and a very high rate of polyphenols.
Harvesting and extraction of Aglandau have been carried out separately to enable us to extract an exceptional single-variety cuvée.
Olives have been harvested when temperatures are cool, in the traditional way, using combs and nets laid on the ground. The olives have been then sorted by hand, washed and cold-pressed in a mill within hours of harvesting, and the resulting oil has been filtered immediately to avoid oxidation and offer you an extra-virgin premium olive oil that delivers maximum freshness and aromatic intensity, and remains stable over time.
A fine, full-bodied oil typical of Provence
This oil comes from our oldest Aglandau olive trees, located on one of the highest terraces on the Domaine de la Baume.
This typical Provence variety delivers an olive oil with a full-bodied, herbaceous character.
- Harvest
Traditional comb harvest of green olives on October 22, 2024
- Extraction method
Extraction by cold crushing immediately after harvesting, followed by filtration for maximum freshness, intensity and stability over time.
- Our selection
For this single-varietal Aglandau cuvée, we have selected the oldest Aglandau olive trees on Domaine de la Baume.
Quality characteristics
- Index of oleic acid
0.14 %
- Peroxide index
7.0 meq O2/kg
These very low index of acid and peroxide and well below the maximum levels for the qualification "extra virgin olive oil" are the witnesses of the great freshness of the olives and the quality of their crushing. These are the guarantees of a "premium" oil of very high nutritional quality.
- Total polyphenol level (tyrosol, hydroxytryosol and derivatives)
561 mg/kg of which :
- oleocanthal : 141 mg/kg
- oleuropein : 151 mg/kg
This oil is very rich in polyphenols (more than 2 times normal), whose many health benefits are demonstrated.
In particular, polyphenols help protect blood lipids from oxidative stress and thus reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (by consuming one tablespoon of this olive oil per day).
* Analyses carried out in a laboratory approved by the IOC on nov. 25, 2024
