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2020 Jean-Francois Ganevat Cotes du Jura Les Grands Teppes Vieilles Vignes #253861524
750ml
Reviews 96-97 points Wine Advocate "...is, year in, year out, my favorite Chardonnay here. The vines were planted in 1919 on red marl and gravel soil. Like all the ouille whites here, it fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in neutral oak barrels for four years with the lees and will be bottled unfined, unfiltered and with no added sulfur. It has tantalizing aromas of tangerine peel and pollen, herbs, yeasts and cereals. It's a little creamy in this warm year and faintly marked by the elevage in oak. (LG)"
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About Jean-Francois Ganevat
While the Jura region of France may be new to most collectors, this family-owned Domaine has been around since the 1600s. Nestled between Burgundy and Switzerland in the charming town of La Combe de Rotalier, Jean-Francois Ganevat (aka “Fanfan”) is crafting 35-40 different wines each vintage from his 8.5 hectares.
Of those 8.5 hectares, there are seventeen different grape varieties planted, all local of course, which are all farmed biodynamically. The white wines are fermented and matured in neutral oak or clay amphoras, and the reds are destemmed and undergo carbonic maceration before aging in neutral barrels. The end result is consistent in quality and purity, but each lot is distinctly different - and deliciously fun.
Fanfan has already won the hearts of many, including Luis Gutierrez of the Wine Advocate who proclaimed “he is the most accomplished French vigneron of whom most of my readers have never heard.” Keep your eyes peeled for his Pinot Noir (Cuvee Julien/En Billat), one of his most highly acclaimed wines, which has been deemed the “la Romanée-Conti from the Jura” by the Wine Advocate.