Country: France

In a perfect Languedoc location about halfway between Beziers and Narbonne, Château Pech-Céleyran boasts five generations of Saint-Exupéry family history, including ancestor Antoine, who authored The Little Prince. While sourcing from AOC La Clape, they also grow varietal wines further afield. The Pinot Noir is pretty textbook, but with a little more black cherry than red, and rounder edges than, say, typical Bourgogne Rouge. This is decidedly crowd-pleasing Pinot.