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From the Alpilles to our Orchards<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It is customary in agriculture to name plots of land. We grew up with these melodious but often strange names with complicated spellings like “Les Grands Drailles”, “Joncades hautes et basses” for Jean-Benoit and Gal\u00e9ant’s apple trees at Mas Cavalier, and Rose, les P\u00e9tarelles for Catherine’s vineyard at Vieux T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe.These names often come from the locality, like Castelas, but also from the person from whom you bought it, like Rom\u00e9ro, a gentleman we are very fond of. We followed this custom and named our various orchards as follows: Castelas, Rom\u00e9ro, Domin\u00e9, Mas de Flore, Jaubert, Plaines de Geymon, Beaumettes hautes et basses, Romanin, Les Baux. We will only discuss the main ones here. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A member of the Oleaceae family, known as Olea europea L sativa, it thrives in our Mediterranean climate. A hardy tree, it can withstand the violent Mistral wind and is content with the limestone soil of the sun-drenched Alpilles slopes. <\/p>

Untamed, nourishing, and resilient, it is also eternal, never losing its leaves and possessing the ability to regenerate itself. It has this capacity to resist the trials inflicted by Mother Nature. In Provence, everyone remembers the terrible frost of February 1956 that devastated the olive trees of the Baux-de-Provence Valley. <\/p>

The rare surviving trees are recognizable by their unique, gnarled, and highly developed trunks. All the others were coppiced, meaning cut at the base. The main branches, numbering four, five, or even six, have regrown from them and all belong to the same root system.For centuries, the olive tree has found its chosen land in Provence. It enhances the beauty of a landscape, celebrated worldwide. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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In the Vall\u00e9e des Baux-de-Provence, several olive varieties have grown side by side for generations. This rich diversity, inherited from local know-how, is one of the keys to the character and uniqueness of our olive oils.Discover the varieties that form the heart of our PDO and contribute to the distinctive signature of Castelas olive oils. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For more than thirty years, the Vall\u00e9e des Baux-de-Provence Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) has guaranteed the origin of our olive oils. It celebrates a unique terroir, local olive varieties, and a tradition of craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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