Olive oil producers Pyrénées-Orientales

Corine offers you her numbered oils, like perfumes. The n° 1, extremely fruity for true connoisseurs, aromatic and powerful; the n° 2 with a herbaceous aroma, very fresh, and of great finesse and the n° 3, sweeter, ideal for cheeses and pastries, made with black olives only. Corinne also offers you her new "Passion Range", her lemons candied in coarse salt, her dried tomato caviar in olive oil, her black or green tapenades and her delicious olive jam, as well as soaps made with the estate's own oil.

The Moulin de l'Agly d'Albert is a 5.5 ha orchard, composed of 5 varieties of olive trees (Bouteillan, Lucques, Manzanille, Sevillan, Dahbia), that is to say 1,500 trees! Cultivated with the greatest care in organic farming, the cold extracted olive oils of exceptional quality will accompany all your dishes with originality and authenticity. Come and taste them, they are delicious! You will also find 2 gîtes (for one and two people) open between June and September.

With its 45,000 trees or 30 hectares, the olive grove stretches between the hills of the Corbières and the pond of Salses. 3 varieties are grown organically: arbequine and arboussane (Catalan) and koroneiki (Greek). From cultivation to harvesting, including cold pressing, everything is done according to the rules of the art. To protect it from the light, it is packaged in metal cans under the PAPILLON brand, a prestigious brand that can be found on the best tables in the region

A very nice and instructive stop is necessary in this vast domain dedicated to olive oil. Here are simple people who speak with love and passion about their olive trees that produce these nectars that you will taste after visiting the mill. In just a few years, they have conquered the world, since from America to Asia, the oils of Mas Saint-Pierre are on the best tables. Labour, know-how and respect for the environment... and a bit of witchcraft are the keys to this success. A shop was recently opened in Collioure. A real favourite!

Following the discovery of an old oil mill on their property, Jacqueline and Jean, producers of cherries and peaches, decided to restore it and open it to the public. They will tell you the story with passion because they both love stones, olives and history. 5 oils are produced: the lucques, the olive, the verdale and the cayon in monovarietals, and an assembly of cornicabra and cipressino. And to complete the range of pleasures, Jacqueline and Jean will make you taste their pomegranates, almonds and cherries.

Gildas looks after the 12 hectares of trees on the estate, which has the particularity of straddling the border. Olive trees, picholine and picual share the limelight with very specific varieties such as argudell and rudunell. Each season 4 single variety oils are produced in fruity green and fruity black. Isabelle also makes a delicious olive jam, olive paste, table olives and small preparations. Facing the sea, the panorama is enchanting...

The two oils of the domain (the vernal and the olive) are proposed in monovarietal: the verdale, in green fruity, and the olive, in ripe fruity. Thérèse and Christian have just won their 20th medal in 10 years with the olive variety: the gold medal at the Olivalies world competition. The secret, they confide it to us a little "to have a good oil, it is necessary to assemble the ripeness of the harvest over about 20 days". Soaps, condiments, tapenades and many other products are also on sale in the large shop.

The organic farm is composed mainly of century-old olive trees and a young plantation of olive and redouneil varieties, typical of the Albères region. This family business produces only extra virgin olive oils, in fruity or ripe monovarietal. You must try their olive and fig chutney and the Oliv'gingembre preparation made from olives and herbs from the garrigue and ginger. A mixture where the flavours balance each other in an unexpected way. Discover the fruit trees on the property.

The Domaine de la Mer Blanche has 3 hectares of organic land with 800 olive trees, one hectare of pomegranate trees and one hectare of fig trees. The Mer Blanche olive oil comes from the olive tree, emblematic of the Catalan region. It is a blend of black and green olives that gives birth to this oil, which is highly appreciated for its balance, its aromatic richness (especially tomato flavour) and its beautiful roundness in the mouth.

For nearly 100 years, combining tradition and modernity, but always with the aim of selecting the best olives, the Catalan offers you a tasting of its products which are declined in 3 ranges: the flavoured, the medium and the intense. Also on sale are tapenades, olive jams and olives in jars. Its museum, its production workshop open to the public and its guided tours are really instructive for the whole family.

The southernmost olive groves in France are in the Pyrénées-Orientales! Olivier invites you to discover his farm of olive trees planted on terraces. 7 varieties spread over 12 ha and cultivated without any pesticides to revive a tradition extinct since the terrible frost of 1956. At the oil bar, you will taste a selection of oils such as Authentique, Argoudeil or Courbeil. The guided tour of the olive groves and the mill is followed by a tasting.

The Minerve mill was the first private mill in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The owners of the place, the brothers Charles and Pierre De Benedittis, taking over from their father, opened it in 2005 in order to press the olives from their 8 hectares. The olives are organically grown and come mainly from seven varieties. The resulting oils are all organic and monovarietal, fruity green, with a medium and light taste (except for the more fiery Picholine) as well as some Italian varieties, frantoio....