Domaine Jean Francois Ganevat, Grusse en Billat Chardonnay

This Chardonnay comes from vines planted between 1973 and 1980 on marl soils in the neighboring village of Grusse. Delicate, elegant and complex, it combines notes of stone fruit, green apple, salty minerality, brioche, and nutty spice.  

The grapes are handpicked and treated with a gentle touch: fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for two years in old 600-litre oak barrels without any additions, including sulphur! Topped up to avoid oxidation (a.k.a. the "ouille" style of Jura white wine), and bottled without fining or filtration.

Jean-François Ganevat - known as Fanfan - is making wine with the inspired magic of an alchemist. He comes from a long line of winegrowers, dating as far back as 1650. He took over the family estate in 1998. 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. Jean-François creates a stunning number of cuvées, ranging between thirty-five and forty every year! His methodology goes far beyond the details of the average vigneron.

Origin: Jura, France
Vintage: 2020
Grape varieties: Chardonnay
Food pairings: Mild creamy sauces, fatty fish and shellfish, poultry
Bottle size: 75cl
ABV: 13%

ORGANIC / NATURAL / VEGAN / LOW SULPHITE