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A farmhouse awaiting
In 2010, when the Labails family discovered Mas des Thorades, the site had been dormant for forty years. The buildings were dilapidated. The land, left fallow, still bore traces of low-value cereal crops, wheat and sunflowers, on soil that deserved better.
15 years in the restoration business
We started with the structure: complete restoration of the farmhouse, including walls and roofs, Renaissance windows and French-style ceilings.
Then the land. Rehabilitating the plots, preparing the soil, planning for the future. In 2021, the project took its definitive form: an olive farm with 15,000 trees across 12.5 hectares.
Fifteen years of work, energy and investment separate the acquisition from the first marketable harvest in 2025.
A life plan
The family lives on the property. The connection to this land is daily, concrete, demanding. The olive tree gives the place its raison d'être. It places the family in the continuity of a farmhouse that, under other names and other hands, has always served the territory.
"Without a farming mission, the farmhouse would have become a holiday home. The olive tree gives the place its raison d'être."
Delphine Labails
Farmer by choice
A business school graduate, Delphine worked at Nature & Découvertes, L’Occitane en Provence, then for twelve years in the family business where she headed the administrative, accounting and financial department.
In 2020, after the company was sold, she chose to continue living and working with her family. Le Mas des Thorades was waiting. The olive growing project became a clear choice.
At 39, Delphine went back to school. She obtained a BPREA (Professional Certificate for Agricultural Managers) at the agricultural high school of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, specializing in olive orchard management. Today, she holds the status of Young Farmer and manages the farm on a daily basis.
"Every day I'm learning a trade where results are measured in decades. The olive tree I'm planting today, my daughter will see it mature."
A historic site and six centuries of owners
Anchored in its territory since Antiquity, Le Mas des Thorades has appeared on the topographic surveys of Graveson for several centuries. The Labails family is part of a lineage of owners traceable since the 14th century. The history of the place belongs to the territory. The olive-growing project, however, is new. This is a deliberate choice.
Antiquity – 15th century
Le Mas des Thorades is located on the edge of the Grand Clar, in Graveson. The Romans chose this spot. They built a "villa" there. The soil, the water, the exposure: everything was already there. In the 14th century, the Cordeliers of Avignon owned the estate. In 1470, Jean de Vaulx, treasurer of King René's finances, acquired it. The place attracts those who know how to read a landscape.
16th – 19th century
Pierre de Paris separated the manor from Château du Breuil and rebuilt the buildings. Renaissance windows, French-style ceilings. 58 hectares. In 1789, the estate belonged to Joseph de Barrème de Châteaufort. Three of his brothers would end up under the guillotine. In 1877, Alexandre Chayet, a Polytechnicien engineer who built the Beaucaire-Tarascon railway viaduct, bought it. Monks, a royal treasurer, a builder, an engineer. This place has always attracted people who build.
20th — 21st century
In the 1970s, operations ceased. The farmhouse fell silent. For forty years, the walls stood, the land waited. In 2010, Mireille, Daniel, and Delphine purchased the property. They renovated it completely. They breathed new life into the place. In 2021, the olive oil project took shape: 15,000 olive trees planted across 12.5 hectares. Everything is new. The ambition is methodical. 2025: first marketable harvest.
"Reviving land, cultivating excellence, drawing inspiration from best practices, being accessible, serving a local economy."
Our Oils
Fruity green, fruity ripe, mature olives.
Three characters, one common demand.
Blends of varieties selected for their aromatic profiles, pressed at the Bournissac Estate mill, under the supervision and expertise of Margaux and Eric Bayol.