Jean Francois Ganevat Les Grands Teppes Vieilles Vignes 2015
Jean Francois GanevatGrape: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2015
Type: White
This Chardonnay hails from vines planted in 1920 on white marl. Aged for three years on its fine lees in large barrels. Whole cluster fermentation and full malolactic fermentation. Sulfur only added at bottling.
Jean-François Ganevat
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.