Definition: AOC Star (The)

Appellation from the French Jura region. Production area located within the municipalities of Étoile, Plainoiseau, Quintigny and Saint-Didier in the Jura department. Classified as a communal AOC in 1937. Production area of nearly 80 hectares. White grape varieties: Chardonnay, Poulsard and Savagnin. Produced as white wine and vin jaune (savagnin grape variety only), or as sparkling wine through secondary fermentation in bottles and as straw wine. The latter must display the year of harvest on its label. It can be stored for: 3 to 10 years for white wine; 2 to 3 years for sparkling wine; 20 to 30 years for vin jaune and straw wine. Ideal serving temperature: between 10 and 12°C for white wine and straw wine, between 6 and 7°C for sparkling wine, room temperature for vin jaune. Pairings: white wine with almond trout, white meat with cream sauce, or with dessert such as red fruit and orange tartlets; straw wine with dessert; sparkling wine as an aperitif; yellow wine with morel chicken, duck à l'orange, Tête de Moine cheese, or simply with dried walnuts.