A pioneer of the Jura wine renaissance

The 14th generation devoted to living wines

Do we still need to introduce Jean-François Ganevat, affectionately known as Fanfan? For decades he has embodied the revival of the Jura vineyards, producing lively, authentic wines of unrivalled precision. Jean-François Ganevat is the 14th generation of a family of winegrowers based in Rotalier, in the southern Jura. After gaining valuable experience working alongside his father, he perfected his art as cellar master with Jean-Marc Morey in Chassagne-Montrachet, before taking over the reins of the family's 8.5 hectare estate in 1998. That same year, the estate converted toorganic farming, followed by biodynamic viticulture in 2006.

A mosaic of single-vineyard cuvées

Around forty micro-vinifications

Each year, Jean-François Ganevat creates around forty cuvées, with an emphasis on plot-based selections. The vines are pampered with meticulous care, and receive natural preparations such as horsetail, dandelion, nettle and silica teas.

A no-compromise winemaking philosophy

Natural, without the label

In the cellar, Jean-François Ganevat makes natural wines, although he doesn't claim to be a winemaker. His wines are the fruit of spontaneous fermentation, using indigenous yeasts, with no added inputs that might alter the expression of the terroir.

Reds now reaching the summit

Thanks to limited yields and a colossal amount of work in the vineyards, the red wines, which are increasingly matured in terracotta jars, have now reached a remarkable level, rivalling the quality of the estate's white wines. The name Jean-François Ganevat has become synonymous with excellence in the Jura wine world.