Château de Panisse is located in Provence – South of France. The two beautiful towers of the old 15th-century castle overlook the 15 hectares of olive groves that surround it. In the thirties, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Mermoz, Giono and Pagnol would frequent the castle, the latter using the name Panisse for one of his famous characters.

The soil on which the olive trees grow, their airy implantation and the nature of the varieties of olives they produce qualify the olive oils Fruité Vert and Noir d’Olives Maturées as protected designation of origin “Appellation Huile d’Olive de Provence Protégée”.

olive OILAOP Provence
The orchard is made up of 4 local varieties of olives: aglandau, verdale, bouteillan & salonenque. Panisse Noir d’olives maturées is a blend of the same olives as Fruité Vert, and is also harvested at the very beginning of the season. It owes its distinctive taste of black olives, truffles and undergrowth to a process of controlled fermentation for a few days before crushing.
The olives are harvested by hand at the start of the season. They are then taken without delay to the Mill, where they are cold-pressed.
The oils are then carefully preserved in stainless steel tanks with floating caps in the Château’s cellar. They are bottled on the estate as orders come in, to ensure that their taste and organoleptic qualities are optimally preserved.