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Jean Francois Ganevat Les Chamois du Paradis 2015

Jean Francois Ganevat
$180.00

Grape: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2015
Type: White

This Jura white wine is produced from chardonnay vines planted in 1949 on a complex mix of red marl, gravel, and limestone soils. Winemaker Jean-François Ganevat utilizes a low-intervention approach, featuring a whole-cluster fermentation driven entirely by native wild vineyard yeasts. The liquid undergoes a complete, spontaneous malolactic conversion and matures on its fine fermentation lees inside large neutral oak barrels. Bypassing modern filtration, a small sulfur addition is handled only during bottling.

It displays a bright straw-yellow color, releasing aromatics of fresh citrus, white flowers, yellow peach, and crushed gravel. On the palate, a medium-bodied frame balances orchard fruit flavors with a chiseled, crystalline mineral core. A racy vein of natural acidity cuts right through the slightly waxy texture, keeping the mouthfeel lively. Subtle notes of raw almond and a distinct marine salinity add deep balance across the mid-palate. It concludes bone-dry, leaving a long-lasting mineral impression.

Jean-François Ganevat also known as Fanfan has achieved a cult like following and brought incredible might to the Jura through his wines. Without doubt a reference point for the Jura and also for contemporary French winemaking.

His winemaking epitomizes all that we are looking for. Biodynamic vineyard work, low intervention wine making, a detail-oriented approach with a touch of magic. Not too mention working with up to 40 different varieties and crafting as many as 35 cuvees.

His sister Anne joined him and they have a strong and wonderful negociant business with grapes sourced from all over France.

Jean-François Ganevat is a master of his craft, grounded in a detail oriented perfectionism on one hand while being an explorer of the eclectic creating wines that are otherworldly.

At the heart of it all, in the charming hamlet of La Combe de Rotalier. With only eight and a half hectares under vine, the family has seventeen different local varieties planted of both red and white grapes—an incredible amount of variation to consider for holdings of such small size.

History

The Ganevat family has been farming vines here since 1650, although the family supplemented their grape-growing with a dairy that produced milk destined for the local cheese, Comté, until 1976.

After working both for his father and for Jean-Marc Morey in Chassagne-Montrachet, he returned to the Jura in 1998 to take over the family domaine.