Tanneron makes it into the news. It's the sort of place you pass through on a Sunday afternoon drive. On top of a hill and on the long way from Cannes to Montauroux (via Auribeau), I had never really considered it. My friend Jill cycles there, which, given the hill, strikes me as lunacy. But...it does make mountains of mimosa, which blooms in spring all over the Riviera.
The NY Times reports that the mimosa harvest in Tanneron in 2005 was so plentiful that Givenchy bought 70% of LMR's stock (LMR in Grasse provides much of the fragrance industry's stock. Givenchy re-issued three of its classic fragrances and upped the quantity of Tanneron's 2005 Mimosa in its Amarige Harvest 2005 to an eye-popping 25%. I am embarrassed to say I could not even tell you what mimosa smells like.
Regarding Tanneron, Provence Beyond says: "As lovely as this region is, Tanneron isn't a typical tourist site...The small central village has a bread shop and grocery store and a couple of cafés. There's even a hairdressers, so you don't have to drive down to the valley to get ready for your evening out." Quietly understated!
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