Domaine Ganevat
Generous and charismatic man, Jean-François Ganevat is a great artist with a big heart, able to understand every terroir better than anyone else. He’s Jura’s genie of the lamp and his wines make everyone fall in love. After experience in Burgundy, he took over the family’s vineyards in 1998. Fanfan (his nickname) is the 14th generation to work this land – in the family since 1650. In 2003, his sister Anne joined the domaine and together they started in 2014 a negoce business: Anne et Jean-Francois Ganevat.
The vines are farmed biodynamically and meetings with Pierre Overnoy led him to follow the natural direction, with no sulfur added in the wines.
Everything is tidy and clean in the cellar, nothing is left to chance. The wines are not clarified and batonnage is not used. The only things used to protect the wines are carbon dioxide and extended periods on the lees. Although Vin Jaune is produced at the domaine, Ganevat crafts most of his wines in the ouillé style. Wines are aged for a long time in combination of barrels and amphora.
Style of wine
Region: Jura
Appellation: Cotes du Jura, VIn de France
Vineyard: 12 hectares
Varieties grown: Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir
Agriculture: Biodynamic
The wines are precise, intense and incredibly elegant. The freshness is stunning and the acidity is wonderfully mastered.
Emile Beyer . Meyer . Mélanie Pfister . Les Bertrand . Bonnet-Cotton . Louis-Claude Desvignes . Belle Grange . Fleur Ursuline . Berthaut-Gerbet . Athénais de Beru . Briday . Henri et Gilles Buisson . Burguet . Castagnier . Coillot . Duplessis . Forest . Garrey . Thierry Glantenay . Goisot . Godier . Armand Heitz . Hubert Lamy . Lejeune . Loichet . Mallard et Fils . Marchand-Grillot . Olivier Merlin . Chateau de Monthelie . Olivier Morin . Parigot . Luc et Lise Pavelot . Picq et Fils . Robert Denogent . Sainte-Barbe . Sarrazin et Fils . Serrigny . Violot-Guillemard . Joseph Voillot . Pierre Brocard . Doyard . Huré Frères . Sandrin . Leccia . Caves du Vieux Mont . Ganevat . Barthassade . Castelneau . Langlade . Famille Fabre . Mas du Novi . Mouscaillo . Domaine du Possible . Terrasse d'Elise . Vaisse . Martinette . Henri Milan . Ardoisières . Bonnard . Andre et Michel Quenard . Le Cédre . Clos Troteligotte . Bonnigal-Bodet . Chidaine . Croix Melier . Clos de la Frelonnerie . Giraudon . Huards . Michaud . Roger Neveu . Henry Pelle . Remoortere . Claude Riffault . Rocher des Violettes . Wilfrid Rousse . Vignes Saint Vincent . Philippe Alliet . Bois de Boursan . Henri Bonneau . Cecillon . Chatagnier . Coursodon . D'ourea . Darnaud . Duclaux . Durieu . Guillaume Gilles . Pilon. Raspail-Ay . Richaud . Santa-Duc . Stephan . Alaryk