Bouteillan Olives
A traditional Provençal oil olive: green and fresh, with notes of artichoke and almond.
The Bouteillan is a traditional oil olive of Provence, grown across the Var, the Vaucluse and the wider French south. It gives a green, fresh oil with the artichoke, almond and grassy notes that define the Provençal style, and it serves as a valuable pollinator for other varieties in mixed groves. A quietly important part of how southern France makes its oil.
- Origin
- Var / Provence · France
- Type
- Oil olive
- Colour
- Green to black
- Flavour (oil)
- Artichoke, almond, fresh
- Role
- Oil + pollinator
- Style
- Classic Provençal fruité vert
- Best for
- Fresh Provence oil, blending
A quiet pillar of Provence
The famous Provençal oils lean on a handful of varieties working together, and the Bouteillan is one of the steady ones — a fresh, green, artichoke-scented oil in its own right, and a generous pollinator that helps the whole grove set fruit. It is less of a headline name than the Aglandau, but it is part of the same Provençal chorus.
Because Provence oils are usually blends, you may taste Bouteillan without ever seeing its name — it does much of its work alongside Aglandau, Salonenque and Grossane in the AOC oils of the region. Look for a fresh, green Provence oil with a recent harvest date.