Dining room of the Marcelle restaurant at the Domaine de Verchant with a curved ceiling and circular pendants, lighting design by Ponctuelle© Domaine de Verchant
Dining room of the Marcelle restaurant at the Domaine de Verchant with a curved ceiling and circular pendants, lighting design by Ponctuelle
Corridor at the Domaine de Verchant with indirect cornice lighting and timber doors, lighting design by Ponctuelle
Bar at the Domaine de Verchant with a linear pendant of spotlights and a view over the vineyard, lighting design by Ponctuelle
Veranda at the Domaine de Verchant with a sculptural pendant of luminous tubes and a view of the park, lighting design by Ponctuelle

Domaine de Verchant - Castelnau-le-Lez

In Castelnau-le-Lez, on the outskirts of Montpellier, Ponctuelle designed the lighting for the extension of the Domaine de Verchant, a five-star Relais & Châteaux hotel set on a 16th-century wine estate. Opened in 2025, this new 4,000 m² wing, nestled between landscaped gardens and vineyards, houses the lobby, rooms and suites, and the fine-dining restaurant Marcelle.

The lighting is soft and warm, true to the spirit of the estate, and accompanies the dialogue between the honey-coloured stone of the historic bastide and the contemporary lines of the extension.

Client: Financière Pierre Mestre
Area: 4,000 m²
Scope: lighting design
Completion: 2025
Lead architect: Mégias-Vernhes
Interior architecture: Agence Notoire – Jordane Arrivetz

Engineering consultants:
Façade and technical envelope: Arteba and OpusFine
Glass roof structure: Bellapart
Lighting design: Ponctuelle

Photo credits: © Domaine de Verchant