L’Étoile Savagnin Rose

This is not rosé. It is Savagnin Rose, a rare mutation of Jura’s great white grape, and one of the most exciting bottles in the Château de l’Étoile allocation. Louis Fourrier describes the flavour as almost passionfruit-like, and that sense of exotic brightness runs right through the wine. It is vivid, naked and beautifully direct, with wild citrus, mineral energy and a thrilling sense that you are drinking something barely seen, quietly preserved and properly alive.