Hotel Richer de Belleval ★ 4.7
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