Château de Jonquières can host seminars and work meetings for up to 40 people and daytime weddings for up to 100 guests, with five guest bedrooms in the château itself. The family estate stands in the village of Jonquières, in the Hérault, in the AOC Terrasses du Larzac wine area, about 30 to 40 minutes from Montpellier.
Seminars and company events
The main meeting room covers 80 square meters on the first floor of the château. It takes up to 40 people, can be arranged to suit the program and comes with audiovisual equipment and a flipchart. Two adjoining rooms of 30 square meters each serve for workshops or small-group sessions. Coffee on arrival is served in the wine courtyard or in the tasting cellar, and breaks use local products.
The estate builds each program to order. Options include a tasting of its organic wines, a guided visit of the estate, the park and the cellars, a walk through the vineyards and the Terrasses du Larzac, or an outing to Lake Salagou and the Hérault gorges. The car park is large and can take a coach.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are daytime only. The estate hosts ceremonies in the main courtyard, wedding lunches and drinks receptions for up to 100 guests. Because the château stands in the heart of the village, it does not host evening wedding parties. For groups of friends, families or associations, the estate also runs a historic visit and a cellar tour, followed by a tasting and a regional buffet, for up to 40 people.
Rooms and capacities
The 80-square-meter meeting room is the largest indoor space and takes 40 people. The two side rooms of 30 square meters each suit breakout groups. Outdoors, the main courtyard takes ceremonies and receptions of up to 100, and the park covers 2 hectares, with a spring, a bamboo grove and old plane, olive and oak trees.
Accommodation
The guest house in the château sleeps 12 in five bedrooms on the second floor: three doubles, one twin that can become a double, and a family room with a double bed and two singles. All rooms are air-conditioned and look over the park and the Larzac plateau. Since 2024 the house only takes groups, with a minimum of three rooms for two nights. Breakfast with homemade jams and yogurts is included. Seven more bedrooms are available through a partner less than 2 km away. A large pool fed by a spring is open from mid-June to mid-September.
Catering
Meals are adapted to each group, either prepared in-house or with local caterers, and served with the estate's wines. From May to September, Le Chêne, an open-air restaurant in the vines at the entrance of the estate, is run by Charlie and Lela Moissonnier. There is no other restaurant in the village itself, but several are within 5 km.
History and setting
The estate has passed down within the same family since the 12th century and describes itself as one of the oldest family wine estates in the Languedoc; archives from the 13th century already mention vineyards. The château's Italian Renaissance exterior has been registered as a historic monument since 1964. Since 2014 Charlotte and Clément de Béarn have run the 10 hectares of organic vines, producing about 40,000 bottles a year, while François and Isabelle de Cabissole run the guest house. The grounds also hold a sculpture park.
Getting there
The address is 2 Grand Rue, 34725 Jonquières. The village lies a few kilometers from the A75 motorway, between Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert and Lake Salagou. Parking is on site at the entrance of the estate.
