The Mill of the Magi

The production of olive oil at the Moulin des Mages is above all a story of family, tradition and friendship. For these worthy heirs of the "Saga of the RODIERs", surrounded by relatives, friends and neighbors who have participated for many years in the traditional "mill season", the oil mill is not a means of living, but rather a reason to live.

The Moulin des Mages and the Maison RODIER, surrounded by a magnificent olive grove, are an integral part of the local cultural heritage.

When you walk along the Tourette side, on the heights of the village of Les Mages, you notice at the foot of the hill, on the edge of the Couze stream, an imposing building whose succession of arched windows reveals its age and nature: an old silk mill built in the middle of the 19th century and owned by the RODIER family since 1887. The energy necessary for the operation of the machines was hydraulic until 1911, when electricity was introduced and the spinning activity ceased, to be devoted exclusively to the manufacture of olive oil.

Since 2014, the hundreds of olive growers who bring their harvests to the Moulin des Mages have the choice of having their olives pressed at the old mill according to ancestral methods combining washing and de-leafing, the traditional "Génoise" crushing; or according to a more modern manufacturing process. Extracted by a non-aggressive process followed by decantation without centrifugation, the oil retains the identity of the Moulin des Mages and offers new perspectives towards an "Organic" label. Here, progress guarantees the maintenance of tradition, and is combined with respect for the land.
The production of this exceptional product is the heritage of a family saga, making the pride of a whole village, for the greatest happiness of the taste buds.