The "Jullien" Olive Mill in Saint Saturnin lès Apt in the Luberon Provence Version française
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FOUR GENERATIONS OF OLIVE OIL PRODUCERS

The Jullien family has always farmed vines, wheat and olives in Provence. Since 1919 we have been producing oil from our own olives and those of other local producers at our family-owned olive mill.

 The Jullien family from Saint Saturnin lès Apt

Millstones and Presses in Saint Saturnin lès Apt, in the Luberon

Our mill combines current norms for production and traditional methods : the millstones and presses produce an olive oil which is renowned for its "fruité noir" (black fruitiness).

This famous "fruité noir" is the result of the traditional practice of having a controlled storage period for the olives. This gives our olive oil its characteristic aromas (black olives, dried fruits, cooked artichokes, mushrooms….) and eliminates strong bitter flavours.

Our "fruité noir" olive oil regularly wins prizes at the regional competition for olive oils from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.

FRENCH OLIVE OIL

All our olive oil is labelled “French Olive Oil”. This label, awarded by the Association Française Interprofessionnelle de l’Olive, guarantees the origin of the product. A French olive oil must be extracted in a French olive mill using olives produced in France.

 French Olive Oil

Olive Oil for health and pleasure

OLIVE OIL FOR HEALTH AND PLEASURE

Our olive oil brings sunshine to your cooking, from the entrée to the dessert. Natural or cooked it enhances vegetables, crudités, meat, fish, potatoes, pulses or fruits.

As an antioxidant it combines good tasting food with health benefits, helping to prevent cardio-vascular illnesses and playing an essential role in the growth and mineralisation of bones.

It keeps well if stored away from heat and light.

SOME IDEAS FROM THE MILL

- Drizzle olive oil over chickpeas, add garlic, salt and pepper: this is how we always enjoy the new season’s olive oil in November
- Use olive oil in potato purée instead of butter
- “Soupe au pistou” generously drizzled with olive oil
- “Epeautre” from Haute-Provence (an ancestor of wheat which has been cultivated for 10,000 years) served with olive oil, either cold in a salad or hot with meat and fish
- Sweet or savoury “fougasse” bread made with olive oil
- Unusual and delicious: a drop of olive oil in fruit salad

 Olive Oil from the "Jullien" Olive Mill in Provence

THE LUBERON : LAND OF THE OLIVE TREE

Century after century in the Luberon one variety of olive has established itself where others have failed: the Aglandau chose the Luberon and the Luberon chose the Aglandau.
Out of respect for this marriage between a tree and the land it has chosen we continue to grow the Aglandau variety and encourage its cultivation.


IDENTITY CARD FOR THE VARIETY

Olive Aglandau in the Luberon Provence
Surname : OLIVE
First name : AGLANDAU
AGE : Several hundred years
BIRTHPLACE : The Luberon and Ventoux areas
MAIN ADDRESS : The Luberon and Ventoux areas
HEIGHT : 1.2 cm
DISTINGUISHING FEATURE : looks like an acorn. In Provençal its name means
“acorn shaped”.

THE 4 SEASONS OF THE OLIVE TREE

SPRING : Clusters of tiny white flowers. Only 5 out of 100 flowers will become olives.

SUMMER : The olives feed on the sunshine and occasional torrential rain.

AUTUMN : The last harvest of the year - olives are picked in November and December.

WINTER : In the cold weather the olive tree takes a well-deserved rest.

Olive tree with flowers in Saint Saturnin lès Apt


Moulin à Huile JULLIEN | Route d'Apt 84490 Saint Saturnin-lès-Apt | Tél.: 04 90 75 56 24 - Fax : 04 32 52 92 28 | chantal@moulin-huile-jullien.com










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