Noëlle Bittner has two homes: in Paris she's the editor in chief of a magazine and lives the city life. In the south, she's at Héraude, discovered 6 years ago in the heart of the forest.
This agricultural domain was abandoned for so long that the soil was completely renewed: not even the smallest trace of fertilizers or pesticides. With her husband Thomas, she renovated the domain and created an olive grove where each detail is imbued with the methods of past generations and a respect for the land.

THE DOMAIN

A large forested domain at Flayosc, in the Var. The youngest olive trees are 3 years old; the oldest are over one hundred years!

THE OLIVE OIL

Extracted in December, Noëlle Bittner finds it to have a subtle savor, green and complex.