L'Élytre is a wine bar in Ecusson, Montpellier.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: It sits in the same building as Jardin des Sens and La Canourgue, so book an aperitif before dinner.
Address: Place de la Canourgue, 34000 Montpellier
Pousse Pas Mémé dans la Vigne pours small-grower Languedoc on Rue des Étuves behind the Opéra Comédie, with tapas and a second address at Castries.
Wine focus: Over 400 wine references plus local craft beer and spirits
Tip: There is a sister address in Castries, so check you are heading to the Ecusson one.
Plein Sud pours an all-natural list in a vaulted stone room on Rue de la Monnaie in Montpellier's Ecusson, with organic farm tapas cut to match the bottles.
Signature pour: A natural Languedoc glass from around €5
Wine focus: An all-natural list led by Languedoc and Roussillon growers
Food: Organic farm tapas, Lucques olives, seasonal farmhouse cheeses
Tip: Glasses start around €5 and the plates stay small, so an evening of Lucques olives and seasonal farmhouse cheese costs less than a sit-down dinner.
Le Comptoir Cévenol is bar and épicerie at once by the Saint-Roch church in Montpellier's Ecusson, pouring organic wine beside Cévennes produce.
Signature pour: An organic glass with cheese off the épicerie shelves
Wine focus: Organic and natural bottles alongside Causses and Cévennes produce
Food: Grocery-counter plates, farmhouse cheese, oyster nights
Tip: The monthly Le 7 à Huîtres night pairs fresh oysters with the wine list, booked through the bar's Instagram; Saturday is the only daytime service.
Pousse Pas Mémé dans la Vigne pours small-grower Languedoc on Rue des Étuves behind the Opéra Comédie, with tapas and a second address at Castries.
Wine focus: Over 400 wine references plus local craft beer and spirits
Tip: There is a sister address in Castries, so check you are heading to the Ecusson one.
Plein Sud pours an all-natural list in a vaulted stone room on Rue de la Monnaie in Montpellier's Ecusson, with organic farm tapas cut to match the bottles.
Signature pour: A natural Languedoc glass from around €5
Wine focus: An all-natural list led by Languedoc and Roussillon growers
Food: Organic farm tapas, Lucques olives, seasonal farmhouse cheeses
Tip: Glasses start around €5 and the plates stay small, so an evening of Lucques olives and seasonal farmhouse cheese costs less than a sit-down dinner.
Le Comptoir Cévenol is bar and épicerie at once by the Saint-Roch church in Montpellier's Ecusson, pouring organic wine beside Cévennes produce.
Signature pour: An organic glass with cheese off the épicerie shelves
Wine focus: Organic and natural bottles alongside Causses and Cévennes produce
Food: Grocery-counter plates, farmhouse cheese, oyster nights
Tip: The monthly Le 7 à Huîtres night pairs fresh oysters with the wine list, booked through the bar's Instagram; Saturday is the only daytime service.
Le Clandestin hides on Rue de la Valfère in Montpellier with forty-odd Languedoc wines, Iberian charcuterie boards and a happy hour from 18:00.
Signature pour: A Languedoc red from the forty-bottle wall
Wine focus: Forty-plus Languedoc references with Bordeaux guests
Food: Iberian charcuterie and raw-milk cheese boards
Tip: Happy hour runs 18:00 to 20:00 and it pours on Sunday nights, which almost no other Écusson wine bar does.
Les Canons stocks 150 natural wines near Saint-Pierre cathedral in Montpellier, a cave à manger where lunch is built around the bottle you pick.
Signature pour: A natural Languedoc red off the shelf, 10 euros corkage
Wine focus: 150 natural and artisanal references
Food: Market bistro lunches, aged beef rib
Tip: Bottles run 10 to 60 euros plus 10 euros corkage at the table; Wednesday is the only real evening service.
Soulenq doubles as caviste and restaurant in Montpellier's Euromédecine quarter, more than 400 grower wines beside a wood-fired kitchen and terrace.
Signature pour: Any cave bottle at the table for 10 euros corkage
Wine focus: 400-plus references from vigneron growers
Food: Wood-fired Mediterranean bistro plates
Tip: Shop the cave like a wine store, then pay 10 euros corkage to drink your bottle with dinner on the terrace.
