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Montbourgeau Castle is a mansion from the second half of the 18th century, located in L'Étoile, in the Jura. The complex comprises a main building, a courtyard preceded by a drive closed off by a gate, a chapel and vaulted cellars. Two sculpted dogs stand guard at the entrance to the courtyard; on the ground floor, three 18th-century marble fireplaces have been preserved, and the music room retains its painted canvases. The façades and roofs of the chapel, the entrance gate, the two sculpted dogs, the three fireplaces and the paintings in the music room have been listed as historic monuments since 20 May 1986. In 1920, Victor Gros acquired the manor house and the lands of the former castle, which gave rise to the family wine estate of Montbourgeau, operated since 2016 by César and Baptiste Deriaux, fourth generation, and certified organic since 2022; a new winery building and an underground cuvage were completed there in 2023. The exact link between the protected mansion and the wine estate remains to be clarified.