My personal favorite would have to be ganevats jen veux from jura, france. The wine advocate gave the 2008 vintage a score of 95. This region is home to forty different grape varietals with styles so different that they tend to shock the uninitiated. This wine is a blend of 18 different ungrafted, old vine grapes that are handdestemmed and fermented in whole clusters using carbonic maceration. Although vin jaune is produced by the domaine, ganevat chooses to produce the majority of his wine using the ouille or toppingup method, avoiding the oxidative character for which the wines of the jura are perhaps best known. But few mainstream liquor stores, supermarkets or restaurants stock it, so what is the big deal about jura. Fresh, earthy, seemingly little removed from the end point of vinification. From jura, geeky but versatile wines the new york times. The big news from me is that more stock of the jura wine book is now available after i pushed the button for a third printing three thousand copies sold to people based in over 50 countries makes me proud and im only sorry that i cant find the time to create a new edition.
It has a captivating, smoky and leesy nose, with floral notes and hints of pollen, quite austere in the. Wine discovery, wine tasting and vineyards in france. Lively and unpretentious, all about the natural evolution of the grapes into wine. Two winemakers helping put frances jura region on the map. From friday until the end of august, britains wine lovers can take advantage of a new route to some of frances best vineyards. Stores and prices for anne et jeanfrancois ganevat cotes du jura vi.
One of, if not the best macvin ever produced in the jura. Back cover blurb jura wine is written lovingly, and is a significant literary homage to one of my passions. You can find out more about how we use cookies here. That said, this is classically jura and ganevats fingerprints are all over the wine. In a nutshell this guy is a thoughtful farmer who makes very small quantities of more than 40 wines. Explore the wine range of domaine jeanfrancois ganevat. It was definitely the right place, but now it was time to find out exactly where we were supposed to go. A bloodscented sensuality born of decadence, one character breathily proclaims. In that time, one liter of wine will evaporate to 62 centiliters, which is the capacity of the special bottle, called clavelin, in which they are sold. The green, rolling landscape of the jura is a sight to behold, and the perfect picture of how a mountainous region nestled in between burgundy. Several important critics have rated this cotes du jura wine highly. So, here is the next producer profile excerpt from the book you have bought the book, havent you you wont find the book on only on. The trousseau grape yields a pale, lightbodied wine.
She got the grapes from anouk and paul, these are for former vines of bruno allion. Wink has been a writer and educator on wine for many years. Only in list view we reference scores from international wine critics to help guide you in your wine choice. Until about five years ago, youd be lucky to find one article a year on the jura that wasnt written by me. Kenjiro kagami rachel signer natural wine journalist. Start with base wine from late harvest, when sugar content is highestganevat uses savagnin, an obscure jura grapethen add a regional take. The idea is to taste a focused group of wines from a given region with limited information announced beforehand. That wine is the 2006 domaine ganevat arbois trousseau, from the jura region of france. After years working as the cellar master of jeanmarc morey in chassagnemontrachet, he took over his familys estate in 1998. Gradually other independent importers are picking up producers too, and in the jura itself some now realize that the uk might be worth looking at again as a possible market. The regions recent surge in popularity on american wine lists lies in contrast with how strange its wines come across to the uninitiated, with many of its indigenous production methods and quirky winemakers requiring more than an introduction for one to fully savor their virtues.
This is the last wine waiting to be bottled, a sauvignon, marie filled my glass from a tank. Since then it has grown, and jamie is now a fulltime wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author. When winemoneylustintrigue saga kami no shizuku the drops of god splashed on the scene more than a dozen years ago, it introduced fanboys and girls of both graphic novels and grands crus to a whole new language of winespeak. Adventures in the jura robert parker wine advocate.
I think i only tasted two or three wines from bottle chez ganevat. Yes, jeanfrancois ganevat fanfan to his friends, the undisputed to us cult king of the jura, has been a name whispered in uberdork wine. The institute of masters of wine is delighted to announce the inaugural halfblind tasting in new york city. Esoteric wines add notches to your belt wine folly. Below are the abbreviations for the critics scores you will find throughout our lists. And jeffrey alpert, an american who began to import wine just a few years ago, has enthusiastically embraced the jura, bringing in wines from jean. Wine bars from paris to tokyo via new york and san francisco sell it by the glass. When you get that one bottle, or even that one sip of a truly great wine, youre just lost. To me wine is one of the greatest and sometimes worst of the worlds great pleasures. The style represents no more than five per cent of the total volume of wine from the region, yet its the unique and distinctive wine that created the reputation for jura. Not as widely known as other wines from cotes du jura.
By clicking accept and close you agree to the use of cookies. Grapes are sourced from ganevat s own vineyard domaine jean francois ganevat or from negoce anne et jean francois ganevat. These wines are designed to be deliciousfor consuming asap. Jeanfrancois ganevat is a master of his craft, one. Outside france some plantings of peloursin can be found in victoria, australia. In 1964, a british woman named nell dunn sat down with nine women she knew most of whom were educated, creative professionals, writing books or making art and with each one, opened a bottle of wine, and recorded their conversation. Rich, textural and showing earth, spice and herbs as well as some pepper. Living partly in the french alps, only a couple of hours from the jura region, she has written about the regions wine, food and tourism for many international magazines and books. I learned a lot of fascinating things about wine, and one frustrating one. Some jura favourites notable absentees from the jura producers who came to london included ganevat, houillon and puffeney.
Ganevat vin jaune 2007 jura, france savagnin aged under flor. Jura wine, food and travel wink lorch explores this. Quite rightly that began to change as wines from the jura started winging their way outside of the region and journalists picked up there was something fascinating going on in this tiny wine region. The jura wine world is a fascinating, mysterious, and at times confusing one. Savagnin monferrand, jeanfrancois ganevat, cotes du jura. Although vin jaune is produced by the domaine, ganevat chooses to produce.
Londons hedonism wines has a 1774 vintage on sale and worldfamous noma restaurant in copenhagen has more than 120 wines listed. See my tasting notes on selected jura wines and also jura delights for tips on where to eat and stay. Venta moncalvillo is one of those secret addresses everyone should know about. Jeanfrancois ganevat our wines kermit lynch wine merchant.
The essential guide to the wines, producers, and terroirs of the iconic region even if it was technically published at the end of 2017, as its the first book on champagne. But he does not even appear in wink lorchs brilliant 2014 book jura wine. How chefs brought jura wine to the united states sommelier darlings today, the wines of the jura were once completely ignored in this country. A bounty of books about wine and spirits updated 2. Developing the jura wine buzz in the uk and beyond wine. This has the third highest price for white wine from cotes du.
We use cookies on our website to provide the best possible experience. Just say no here comes the new year, a time of unrestrained excesses worldwide and i thought it might be well timed to have a visual reminder of the dangers we face when we raise our glass or grab a bottle. There are always enough wine books to write a whole article about them i think we should do it and i dont want to miss quickly mentioning peter liems champagne. This unique wine is produced from the juras signature white grape variety and it. In 2014 she selfpublished her first book jura wine which is the. Priced above average for white wine from cotes du jura. Wine german wine italian wine jura natural wine spanish wine sparkling wine swiss wine vienna wine wine agencies wine and food wine books wine festivals wine merchants wine shops wine tastings wine travel wine writing. Domaine ganevat is in the jura, in a town called rotalier. A venta is a popular roadside restauranthostel used to provide services to travelers. The wine is turbid, it is still at work with fermenting sugar and with the rising temperature should finish in the coming weeks. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by jamie goode, who at the time was working as a science editor. To all who love jura wine, i wish you a happy new year.
Wine can be almost everything, great pleasure, great fun, deeply tragic, complex, easy, boring, fresh, fantastic, but maybe the greatest of it all, floating history. As with all of ganevats wines, allocations were minuscule and, once again, we took our allocation of the savagnin monferrand without tasting it beforehand. You may filter minimum and maximum scores through our advanced search on our website. Kenjiro, a former engineer who left his native japan for the love of french wine, studied winemaking in burgundy, worked for bruno schueller in alsace for five vintages, and for one year with thierry allemand in the. I could try to describe the estate for you, but i would just be sourcing joe salamones excellent article on the crush website. He gravitates toward the burgundian style, using ouillage to top off barrels. In the jura, many of the wines go through a traditional, intentional oxidation.
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