Lucques du Languedoc

Lucques du Languedoc is a whole green table olive produced exclusively from the Lucques variety in a defined area of western Aude and eastern Hérault. The fruit is characterised by an asymmetrical, crescent-like shape, a thin skin, and a pit shaped like a moon crescent. It is debittered using an alkaline solution and marketed in chilled or pasteurised brine.

About this designation

Registered as a PDO on 24 September 2015 under file number PDO-FR-01375 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000015895), Lucques du Languedoc designates a whole green table olive produced solely from the Lucques variety. The geographical area covers western Aude and the eastern part of Hérault, as delimited by a specific list of cantons and municipalities defined by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques Official Geographic Code of 1 January 2015. Cultivation is restricted to altitudes not exceeding 400 metres. The olives must be harvested manually and are debittered using an alkaline solution by the method of reduced lactic fermentation; the density of the solution and the immersion time vary according to the olives used. The product is marketed in chilled or pasteurised brine. Where pasteurisation is carried out, it must take place within the geographical area. Authorised sizes may not exceed 37 fruits per 100 grams, and batches must be uniform in size and colour. Olives exhibiting specified defects — including wrinkled fruit, damage caused by the olive fruit fly, and olives turning colour — may not exceed 3 % of the olives in any batch. Production, harvesting, and processing must all take place within the defined geographical area. The specification records sensory parameters: firmness of at least 2,5, fibrosity of no more than 3,5, and crunchiness of at least 2, each on a 10-point scale using the International Olive Council sensory analysis method.

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 26, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PDO on 24 September 2015 under file number PDO-FR-01375, eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000015895.
• The specification permits no variety other than Lucques; all olives must come exclusively from this variety.
• Authorised sizes may not exceed 37 fruits per 100 grams, and batches must be uniform in size and colour.
• Where pasteurisation is carried out, it must take place within the defined geographical area of western Aude and eastern Hérault.

Tasting notes

Languedoc green table olive (Lucques cultivar) from Hérault. Distinctive elongated curved-crescent shape (the "green crescent moon"), bright green color, firm crisp flesh, mild buttery-sweet flavor with characteristic delicate herbal notes — the Languedoc apéritif olive par excellence.

HoReCa use

Premium apéritif olive served chilled with rosé wine; used on antipasto boards, in olive selections, as a cocktail garnish, and in salade languedocienne.

Packaging

• jar-200g-brine
• jar-500g-brine
• vacuum-pack-200g
• bucket-1kg-brine
• gift-pack-200g