2020 Jean-Francois Ganevat Chardonnay Grands Teppes VV

98 pts
A powerful, old-vine Chardonnay from Jean-François Ganevat that combines depth, minerality and age-worthy finesse.

Price:
Sale price$309.00
Stock:
Sold out
Rendering loop-subscriptions

Description

Grands Teppes comes from some of Ganevat’s oldest Chardonnay vines, planted on limestone and marl soils that give the wine its depth and precision. The 2020 is a standout vintage, with fruit hand-harvested and fermented naturally before spending time in old oak, a patient, gentle approach that’s typical of Ganevat.

The wine has a quiet power to it. There’s richness in the fruit but also a fine mineral line that keeps everything tight and focused. Notes of citrus, stone fruit and spice mingle with that Jura earthiness, and the palate has both texture and length without ever feeling overdone. It’s complex and layered now, but you can tell it’s only going to get better with a few more years in bottle.

This is Chardonnay that sits comfortably alongside the world’s great expressions of the grape, yet it still carries that unmistakable Jura character. For fans of Ganevat or serious white Burgundy, it’s a bottle well worth chasing.

"The 2020 Les Grands Teppes Vieilles Vignes is nothing short of spectacular. Year in, year out, it's the best Chardonnay here."
- Luis Gutiérrez (The Wine Advocate)

Luis Gutiérrez

Luis Gutiérrez

The Wine Advocate 98 Points

The 2020 Les Grands Teppes Vieilles Vignes is nothing short of spectacular. Year in, year out, it's the best Chardonnay here. In the tasting, it came right after the 2020 Chardonnay En Billat, which winemaker Jocelyn had declared his favorite Chardonnay of the vintage, but after pulling the cork and smelling this wine, he had to change his mind. It's the blend of different components aged in different materials and sizes, and it's better than the individual parts; it has more complexity and integrated oak, and it's very elegant, less obvious and in-your-face, subtler, more complex, with more layers. The vines were planted in 1919 on red marl and gravel soil. Like all the ouillé whites here, it fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in neutral oak barrels for four years with the lees. It was bottled on the 30th of October 2024, unfined, unfiltered and with no added sulfur. It comes in at 13% alcohol. This is still their best Chardonnay.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Country France
Region Jura
Feature High Score
Reviewed By The Wine Advocate
Critic Score 98
Size 750ml
Vintage 2020
Closure Cork

Others also liked

Recently viewed

Common Questions

Delivery is free on orders of $150 or more.

For orders under this amount, delivery is calculated at checkout based on your postcode. You can order in any quantity or combination of wines you like. Straight dozens are not required.

We will dispatch your order the same or next business day.

Estimated delivery transit time varies depending on your location. Please review this page for specific estimates.

No sorry we do not have a store front and pickup is not available.

Yes, no problem. When placing your order select ‘Store at Different Drop and Delivery Later’ as your shipping method or reply to the order confirmation email after placing your order with additional instructions.

We stock three different sized gift boxes (single, three bottle and six), all are available for purchase for a flat rate of $8. They look great and make an awesome impression.

To add a gift box to your order, simply add at checkout. The special requests box is your friend, please give us as many details of what you are looking for and we will try our best, or get in contact to discuss it with you. 

If you want to bulk order gifts or if you have any trouble please email hello@differentdrop.com or call and we can try and help.

 

Our warehouse is automated so unless you tell us otherwise, we will ship your order. If you would like us to hold your order please reply to the order confirmation email after placing your order and we are happy to store your order for up to 6 months at no charge. You can review our heat policy here.

Yes, of course. We want Different Drop customers to always be getting the best price. You can see our price match policy here.

No, feel free to mix it up! There is no minimum requirement. You can order wines in any quantity or combination, 1 or 50+ bottles.

No, all prices are set at the full discounted dozen rate already.

If you can't add more wine to your cart it means we are low on stock of that wine. For example, if you are only able to 3 bottles and no more that means we only have 3 bottles left of that wine. If it's a must have, please contact us and we may be able to order more in for you.

Regular Enquiries

Urgent Enquiries

02 8376 8775