Languedoc-Roussillon, Hérault, Agel, France

In this rural hamlet in the département of Hérault, in the foothills of La Montagne Noire, this domaine is situated on the edge of the built-up area of stone houses, barns and wine caves, with great views to the north, west and south.

The buildings of the domaine are:

1. The new villa of 140m² habitable, built using organic materials and double-glazing, in 2010, and comprising a large living area (70m²) with open-plan kitchen and woodburner, verandas on three sides of this, including 47m² enclosed and 35m² open, 2 bedrooms of 20.7 and 176.7m² approx, 2 bathrooms with separate WCs, and office space or third bedroom of 16m², a balcony of 11.25m², a utility room and a garage of 50m² approx, plus land on all sides to use as garden if you wish.

2. Two small houses of 55m² and 60m², each with a living/kitchen area, WC, shower room and two bedrooms, and a garden courtyard in front, and one little house of approx 40m², with a living/kitchen area, WC, shower room and bedroom. All have double-glazed windows.

3. A stone building of 125m², which can be used to convert to residential use. This is above the existing wine sales and tasting area, also 125m². .

4. A large garage with a small office space inside, (213m² in total), with automatic doors large enough to take a camping car, air conditioning, floor in polished concrete.

5. A wine-making cellar on two floors, of 126m², and with a capacity of 800 hectolitres.

6. A 76m² storage building, insulated and air-conditioned, with a garge of 25m² attached.

7. An open shelter

8. A bottled wine storage cellar of 100m², air-conditioned.

9. A large equipment hangar of 235m² with a kitchen/dining room and shower room for grape pickers, 5 huge doors for tractors and machines, plus a 60m² mezzanine level above.

The hamlet is 4.9 km from Aigues Vives, where there are a superette, 2 restaurants, a bakery/café, a post office, medical centre, nurses, and a nursery school. It is 8 km from Bize-Minervois, with river swimming, several restaurants, cafés, a bakery, a medical centre, and a superette. It is 15 km from St Chinian and Olonzac, both local market towns with plenty of amenities; 23 km from capestang, 28 km from Narbonne, 43 km from Béziers, 51 km from Carcassonne, 46 km from the sea and 120 km from the Spanish border (an hour and a half).