…an inestimable ‘terroir’…lost on a wild aromatic shrub hillside, called Dondone…

…just above the village of Montpeyroux, originally the site of Roman villas…thereby “Villa Dondona” was born.A meeting also of two personalities, that of a British artist enthused by the south and a French doctor transformed as winemaker. The terraces, twenty-one acres in fan-shaped form  surveying the Mediterranean plane and coastline,  are a rich blend of soils: dolomite, golden clays and ancient sea-bed fossils…gold blue marl, chalk but mostly the stony red loam…”Terra Rosa”, our favourite. The red varietals grow low, close to the soil in Mediterrean warmth, giving aromatic wines of strength and character. The white grapes are protected in the shade of cool pergolas producing pleasing wines both mineral and fruity in their freshness.The wine cellar has been hollowed out of the rocky soil and is a little inaccessible…
…we would welcome your visit to the Domaine.