L'Etoile

L'Etoile is an appellation in France, covering 410.5 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Chardonnay, Savagnin Blanc and Poulsard. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.5 km north of Lons-le-Saunier and 52 km east of Chalon-sur-Saône.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin de paille, Vin jaune, Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

410.5 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

3.67 × 2.63 km

Centre

46.7226° N, 5.5339° E

Grapes

Chardonnay, Poulsard, Savagnin Blanc

Max yield

72 hl/ha

Min planting density

5,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town

5.5 km north of Lons-le-Saunier

Nearest city

52 km east of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people

To the sea

354 km

Same latitude

Wahluke Slope (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

244–421 m

Mean elevation

308 m

Mean slope

10.3° (18 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 99,405 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)100%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 4

• L'Etoile
• Plainoiseau
• Quintigny
• Saint-Didier

Wineries · 1

• Domaine Geneletti

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)