The Domain surface covers around 200 hectares and is located in the Mosson Valley, some 15 kilometers to the North of Montpellier, in the heart of the dynamic FRENCH Languedoc region.
The small vineyard accounts for approx. 20% of the surface, spreading along the unique loess soils on the banks of the Mosson River.
Montlobre is an old settlement with more than 300 years of history. In the 19th century – 1850 to be precisely – the buildings of Montlobre where drastically rebuild to be used as a “Colonie”, a home for orphans and homeless children in the Montpellier area.
For a period of more than 35 years, approx. 200+ children from the age of six to eighteen lived here and where protected from the hard and cruel outside world. At Montlobre, these children were given a basic school lessons, and training in agriculture & wine-growing, which was quite harsh in those days.
The park with some exotic old trees, a number of reclaimed areas for the vineyards and the old chapel, now bear silent witness to those times.
As a tribute to the children who helped with the reclamation of the vineyards, the picture of the ‘Girl with the hoop’ was added to the Montlobre logo & wine labels in 2000.
This picture can also be found in the stained-glass "rosace" window above the entrance of the old chapel.
