Château de l’Étoile Clos de la Colinette Savagnin 2024 is a monopole white from the L’Étoile appellation in the Jura, made from 100% Savagnin grown in a walled vineyard at the top of the appellation. It is a fresh, precise and mineral-driven wine—taut and saline in youth, with the structure, tension and depth to develop gracefully over the next five to eight years.
Technical Details
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Producer: Château de l’Étoile, L’Étoile, Jura, France
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Wine: Clos de la Colinette Savagnin
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Appellation: L’Étoile AOC, Jura
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Vintage: 2024
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Grape variety: 100% Savagnin
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Vineyard: Clos de la Colinette, a walled monopole
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Vineyard location: Top of the L’Étoile appellation
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Vineyard aspect: Sheltered by historic castle walls
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Soil: Marl and limestone
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Farming: Sustainable viticulture
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Harvest: Hand-harvested
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Fermentation: Indigenous yeasts in stainless steel
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Ageing: Neutral oak barrels, topped up throughout
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Malolactic conversion: Natural
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Bottle size: 750 ml
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Serving temperature: 10–12°C
The Producer
Château de l’Étoile is a historic estate in the Jura, with a legacy stretching back to Gallo-Roman cultivation. The estate was revived in 2024 under the direction of Louis Fourrier, a Burgundy-trained vigneron, bringing a new chapter of precision and terroir expression to the property.
The Clos de la Colinette is one of the estate’s flagship bottlings, made from a walled vineyard at the top of the L’Étoile appellation. The wine reflects the domaine’s commitment to freshness, minerality and the expression of a singular terroir.
Vineyard and Terroir
The Clos de la Colinette is a walled vineyard, a relic of a historic castle built by Jean I of Chalon-Arlay. The walls and landscape provide natural cooling, giving the wine its hallmark freshness and aromatic definition.
The vineyard’s marl and limestone soils provide the wine’s hallmark minerality and saline tension. The 2024 Clos de la Colinette draws from this terroir, giving it a structure and savoury character that set it apart from other Jura whites.
The 2024 Vintage
The 2024 Jura growing season was challenging, with variable weather and reduced yields. Despite these difficulties, careful fruit selection and meticulous vineyard work allowed Château de l’Étoile to retain the freshness, aromatic definition and fine structure that define the vintage.
The 2024 Clos de la Colinette is described as a wine of great potential, with a cool core of fruit framed by fine tannins and animated by lively acidity. Its monopole status and walled vineyard give it a distinctive identity within the Jura.
Winemaking and Ageing
The Savagnin is hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, preserving the integrity of the plot. The wine is then transferred to neutral oak barrels and topped up throughout ageing, maintaining a fresh, non-oxidative style.
Malolactic conversion occurs naturally, adding a subtle roundness to the wine’s structure without obscuring its mineral core. This approach allows the vineyard’s expression to remain at the forefront, with the oak providing only a gentle framework.
Tasting Profile
The 2024 Clos de la Colinette opens with a fresh, mineral-driven nose of lemon, green apple, white peach, oyster shell and flint. The palate is incisive and energetic, with vibrant acidity, saline minerality and chalky texture.
The finish is long, saline and persistent, with a balance of fruit, tension and minerality that makes the wine both approachable and compelling. Its walled-vineyard terroir gives it a distinctive identity within the Jura, while its Burgundian precision adds refinement and elegance.
Aroma and flavour: lemon, green apple, white peach, oyster shell, flint, citrus blossom, limestone minerality and subtle floral notes.
Palate: medium-bodied, incisive and energetic, with vibrant acidity, saline minerality, chalky texture and a long, precise finish.
Style: a fresh, terroir-driven Jura Savagnin—clean and non-oxidative in style, with the tension and precision to develop over time.
Drinking Window
The 2024 Clos de la Colinette is approachable on release but benefits from a short period of cellaring. Its saline, stony character and fine structure give it the balance to develop gracefully over the next five to eight years.
Serve it cool at 10–12°C and allow it time in the glass to open, as the wine’s full aromatic complexity and mineral depth emerge with aeration.
Food Pairing
Serve at 10–12°C with oysters, raw shellfish, sea urchin, langoustines, crab, sushi and sashimi. Its saline finish and citrus precision also make it excellent with grilled fish, white asparagus, poultry in cream sauce, and young or lightly aged goat’s cheese.
For a more contemplative pairing, serve it alongside aged Comté, Beaufort or a delicate truffle dish, allowing its nutty, chalky complexity to come forward.
Collector Note
This is a rare, monopole Savagnin from one of the Jura’s most historic estates, made from a walled vineyard at the top of the L’Étoile appellation. The Clos de la Colinette is produced in limited quantities, and its indigenous fermentation, neutral oak ageing and balanced elevage make each release distinctive.
The combination of Louis Fourrier’s reputation, the marl and limestone terroir of L’Étoile and the freshness of the 2024 vintage makes this a compelling choice for collectors seeking age-worthy, terroir-driven Jura with long-term development potential.
Recommended serving: open and allow 30–60 minutes in a large white-wine glass before serving at 10–12°C to reveal its full aromatic complexity and mineral depth.
