The estate covers around 46 hectares, 20 hectares of which are vineyards. It is nestled in the heart of the village. The property includes a series of buildings that form a U shape around a courtyard. There is a house with a 183m² floor area, an annexe, a wine storehouse, an agricultural storage building, a garage and several buildings that stand among the vines and need to be restored. You reach the property via a little bridge across a stream and then through a wrought-iron gate that leads into a rectangular court. The plain main building in the heart of the village has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor. Redesigned over successive periods, the house has been recognised as part of a winegrowing estate since 2015 when its current owner bought the place. Behind the house, a double garden covers 290m² and extends alongside the stream. The estate’s vineyard and moors are spread over two villages in the immediate surroundings. Many outbuildings, some in ruins, dot the vineyard. Some serve as storehouses or shelters. The vineyard is surrounded by lush scrubland with chestnuts, hazelnuts, strawberry trees and holm oaks. You can see the Caroux mountains to the north in the distance. Small fauna can be found here to, even in the estate’s name – an Occitan word meaning a certain little bird with a superb crest and a beautiful song. The current owner has redesigned and modernised the estate. He oversaw some work, such as the creation of the wine storehouse and the partial renovation of the main dwelling, which dates back to the late 19th century. He also overhauled the way the vineyard was run to produce its wines. Biodiversity is a subject that the current owner takes seriously. The winegrowers on the estate work with respect for natural cycles and follow the principles of organic farming.

The winemaker’s house

The house offers a 183m² floor area. It has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor. Its facade is plain and east-facing. It has two garage doors, two dormers and an entrance door. Among the facade’s six openings along the first floor, two are doors leading out onto a continuous balcony with a wrought-iron balustrade. This balcony takes up a corner of the building and leads to a south-facing door. Six windows along the facade bring natural light into the second floor. Two of these windows are larger than the other ones and they each have a pulley above them that was once used to hoist hay up to the loft. Each window is wooden-framed, single-glazed and fitted with wooden shutters that are painted. The entrance door stands in the middle. Like all the windows, it is set in an ashlar surround. Its keystone is engraved with the year 1900. The tiled gable roof is underlined with a double-row génoise cornice, filled in with rendering like that which coats the facade. The elevations are made of ashlar and rubble stone. The back of the building leads out to the garden.

The ground floor
From the court, a glazed wooden door beneath a fanlight, in the middle of the building, leads into a hallway with a staircase. The floor is adorned with hexagonal terracotta tiles. From here, a right-hand door leads to the fermenting room and a left-hand door leads to the wine storeroom. This level is entirely dedicated to vinification. The staircase leads up to the first floor, where all the everyday rooms for living are. From an intermediate landing, a glazed door serves two purposes: it leads out to the back garden and fills the hallway with an abundance of natural light.

The first floor
From the landing, the stairwell is hidden behind art deco glazing made up of vivid colours. A long corridor connects to the different rooms on this floor. In the middle, it is split into two by similar art deco glazing. These two glazed partitions add undeniable decorative value to the house and spare it from wintery draughts. They also used to separate the bedrooms from the reception rooms. On one side of the partition, the floor is covered with black, grey and white cement tiles. On the other side, similarly coloured terrazzo forms the floor. Opposite the staircase, a door leads into the lounge, plainly adorned with a marble fireplace from the 1930s or 1940s. In the middle of the room, a window looks out at the court and casts natural light on the original flooring of cement tiles. Beyond it, there is a dining room that has kept its atmosphere from the previous century with its original wallpaper, its old fabrics and its cement tile flooring with colourful geometric tracery. Two hidden cupboards frame a marble fireplace. An east-facing glazed door leads out onto the continuous balcony that runs around the house’s south-east corner. Opposite, a double door leads to a kitchen, which is filled with natural light from a garden-facing window. A sink made of red Languedoc marble, surrounded by original ceramic tiling, sets the tone for the room, where past and present combine in both the fixtures and fittings. Beyond a pellet stove there is a recently restored bathroom that you can reach from the end of the corridor. It has a bath, a shower, a washbasin and a lavatory. The original floor has been preserved. Only the walls have been redecorated with recent ceramic tiling. It lies opposite a first bedroom that has real character and looks out at the court. At the other end of the corridor, on the other side of the glazed partition, there are three bedrooms spread out on either side, as well as an office, a storeroom, a bathroom with a lavatory, a shower room and a lavatory. Apart from the three bathrooms, which were recently renovated completely, the other rooms have kept their original style – mostly a 1920s style. In this part, the floors are mostly covered with terracotta tiles. At the end of the corridor, you can reach a first terrace on the north side. This terrace connects to an outbuilding with an office on the ground floor and a bedroom on the first floor. This terrace, between two buildings, can be reached straight from the court via a flight of steps. It leads to a vast covered terrace.

The attic
You reach the loft from the staircase that climbs up from the middle of the first-floor landing. This loft is divided into two parts. It extends across the entire house and could be converted through major renovation work. With the addition of windows of different sizes, much natural light could be brought inside and the space insulated better, especially given that the current windows are only protected by wooden shutters. The floor is covered with a thick layer of fibreglass, which insulates the lower levels.

The annexes

The outhouse
You can reach the main annexe via stone steps or the first floor of the main house. Renovated by the current owners, it lies down from the small terrace. It houses a ground-floor room used as an office with a black marble fireplace and a floor of cement tiles in a black-and-white checked pattern. A wooden staircase painted white leads up to the first floor, which is used for storage, especially archived documents. Original terracotta tiles cover the floor. Each of these two floors has a window and built-in pinewood cupboards. Lastly, in the basement of this annexe, there is the owner’s private wine cellar.

The bottle storeroom
On one side of the court, beside a cypress, a wooden double garage door leads into a storeroom where the estate’s wine production is stored. The floor is made of concrete and the ceiling is structured into arched bands. Above this storeroom, there is a vast covered terrace with a 75m² floor area. It invites you to enjoy different uses, ranging from meals to games and naps in hammocks and deckchairs in absolute privacy. Plants climbing up the stone walls give this terrace character that is typical of southern France.

The group of buildings
Dotted around the vineyard, among the different foothills, there are several constructions of different sizes. Most of them are in ruins. They could be restored. One of them, however, is still in working order and serves as a storehouse for agricultural equipment and as a shelter for the winegrowers. It also has a kitchenette with an eating area, a relaxation space and a terrace looking out at the plain. Restoration work would turn it into a delightful holiday home.