Olives en Provence

‘Le Domaine des Escavalins’ produces its own Extra Virgin olive oil. Our olive varieties are all local & Provençal. We harvest in early autumn when the fruit is just right and press the olives the same day, in our own Olive Mill. And we produce delicious fruité vert “cold press” Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

This typical Provençal bastide lies in secluded calm at the end of a forest track which winds up from the village of Belgentier 4 kms away, and only 24kms from lovely Mediterranean beaches and the Cote d’Azur. Behind the house is a dramatic circle of cliffs, a unique setting in a Provencal forest: pines, green oak, juniper, rosemary, thyme, and masses of wild flowers especially in spring and early summer - carpets of  yellow oxalis, euphorbias, pink cistus, asters, blue aphyllanthus and varieties of orchids. This is a haven for wildlife: boar, marten, fallow deer, eagles, grand duc owls, insects, and butterflies. Many of them are rare and on endangered lists.