Lorgeril family's 1620 Versailles-style Cabardes chateau ten minutes from Carcassonne's Cite, with 24 rooms restored by European decoration houses and AOP Cabardes cellar tours included.
The list: Estate AOP Cabardes Chateau de Pennautier and Maison Lorgeril Languedoc portfolio served at meals; private cellar visit and tasting; estate parc walking trail with vineyard views
Address: 100 avenue de Pennautier, 11610 Pennautier, France, Languedoc
5-star neo-Gothic 1909 hotel inside the Carcassonne walls with magnificent ramparts gardens and the Michelin-starred La Barbacane restaurant pouring a Languedoc cellar.
The list: La Barbacane cellar of 2,000+ Languedoc references with chef Jerome Ryon's regional menu; sommelier-led pairing dinners; concierge-arranged Corbieres and Minervois estate visits
Gilles Goujon's 4-star Chateaux et Hotels Collection rooms split between two buildings at Fontjoncouse, paired with the three-Michelin-star Auberge du Vieux Puits and a Corbieres-anchored cellar.
The list: Three-Michelin-star Auberge du Vieux Puits Corbieres cellar serves dinner; sommelier-led tasting menu pairings; concierge-arranged Corbieres-Boutenac and Boutenac old-vine estate visits
Pourcel brothers' Relais et Chateaux restoration of a Montpellier 17th-century mansion on Place de la Canourgue, with the one-Michelin-star Jardin des Sens restaurant and Languedoc-led cellar.
The list: Jardin des Sens 1,800-reference cellar with sommelier-led Languedoc-focused pairing dinners; private cellar tastings; concierge-arranged Pic Saint-Loup and Terrasses du Larzac estate visits
Gerard Bertrand's Terrasses du Larzac estate on the volcanic basalt-and-ruffes soils near the Salagou lake, with on-estate accommodation, AB-organic and Demeter-certified wines from 2017.
The list: Estate Terrasses du Larzac Grand Vin tastings; biodynamic Demeter and AB organic estate tour; pairing dinners at the on-site restaurant; vineyard walk through metamorphic schist and basalt parcels
Gerard Bertrand's flagship 5-star La Clape wine resort outside Narbonne, with 41 rooms, the Michelin Green Star Art de Vivre restaurant and the annual Jazz a l'Hospitalet festival.
The list: Cellar pouring 90+ wines from the 16 Gerard Bertrand domains; sommelier-led pairing dinners; jazz a l'Hospitalet festival pairings; biodynamic estate tour and tasting included
Relais et Chateaux estate hotel inside a restored 14th-century farmhouse on 38 hectares of organic Languedoc vineyard at the gates of Montpellier, with a 2,000-square-metre spa and two restaurants.
The list: 10,000-bottle cellar with sommelier-curated Mejanelle and Languedoc focus; in-house tasting workshops; cooking classes paired with estate wines; vineyard walks and tasting on 38 organic hectares
