Need to know
Rooms
26, including two suites.
Check–Out
Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 4pm.
More details
Rates don’t usually include breakfast (€25 a person).
Also
The working winery regularly hosts tastings (for an additional cost) in the terracotta kitchen next-door – the wine may be the star of the show, but the shelves of colourful crockery will encourage some serious ceramics envy.
At the hotel
Free WiFi throughout, valet parking, winery. In rooms: air-conditioning, minibar, free bottled water, Nespresso coffee machine, tablet, hair straighteners, sun hats and L’Occitane bath products.
Our favourite rooms
We loved room 26; it’s in a small courtyard, and has two cosiness-boosting factors (especially good if you visit in winter) – a roll-top bath tub at the end of the bed, and a fireplace. (It also has one of those for-decoration-only ladders that don’t do much but look rather nice.) Stealthy sorts will love the secret underground corridor that links room 22 with the restaurant – it was once an emergency escape route, but now it’s more likely to be used to usher hungry guests to the restaurant more swiftly.
Poolside
The mountain-flanked pool at the property’s edge was once a watering hole for wild hogs – hence the gate to keep the thirsty porcine bathers out after dark.
Packing tips
Bring a nose for a fine vintage and a refined palate.
Also
The communal areas are accessible for wheelchair users and there’s a specially adapted room on the ground floor. The pool area can be reached via a lift.
Children
This wine-soaked retreat is for over-16s only.
Sustainability efforts
Energy-efficient lights and water-conserving measures are used throughout. Drinking water is sourced onsite, ingredients for the restaurant are all from the local region and 20 per cent of food waste is composted.