2016 Jean-Francois Ganevat Vin Jaune

97 pts
A striking Vin Jaune from Jean-François Ganevat, combining nutty complexity and freshness in a wine that will age for decades.

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Jean-François Ganevat is one of the Jura’s true originals, and his wines have become cult favourites around the world. His Vin Jaune comes from old vines on the limestone and marl slopes around Rotalier, made in the traditional way, left to age in old oak for over six years under a natural veil of yeast. It’s a painstaking process that gives the wine its unique personality.

The 2016 release is layered and complex, with the classic Vin Jaune notes of walnuts, curry spice and dried fruit, but what sets it apart is the lift and freshness Ganevat always seems to capture. It’s savoury, long, and constantly evolving in the glass, the sort of wine you keep coming back to because it never shows the same face twice.

This is a wine made for food. It’s incredible with Comté, roast chicken, mushrooms or anything rich and earthy. Built to last for decades but already captivating, it’s one of the Jura’s great expressions.

Luis Gutiérrez

Luis Gutiérrez

The Wine Advocate 97 Points

The reality is that there's very little Savagnin in Jura, and it's increasingly difficult to find Savagnin wines. Ganevat still produces the classical flor-aged version of it, of which the current vintage is the 2016 Vin Jaune, cropped from a cold and rainy year, which produced lots of mildew and delivered very concentrated juice. This comes from classical blue marl soils and had a longer élevage than required for the category, eight years in this case. It displays an old-gold color and an expressive nose with notes of lanolin and rubber, smoky and peaty, and it has a powerful and long palate with 15.5% alcohol. For Ganevat, great Vin Jaune is a blend of different components aged in cellars that are either warm and dry or humid and cool, depending on the lot, some with more and some with less volatility. This diversity of components brings the complexity here—and, of course, the long aging under the veil of yeasts.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Country France
Region Jura
Size 750ml
Vintage 2016
Closure Cork

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