Anne & Jean-Francois Ganevat


The Jura rebel who left a legendary Burgundy estate to make wildly alive wines in his tiny mountain village.

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Region: Jura, France
Style: Zero-compromise, low-intervention, high-energy wines
Years making wine: Since the late 1980s
Farming vibe: Organic → biodynamic → beyond dogma
Signature move: Dozens of cuvées, native yeasts, no formula, pure expression

 

 

“Wine should move. If it stays still, something’s wrong.”

JEAN-FRANCOIS GANEVAT
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How He Got Here

Jean-François didn’t start in Jura obscurity — he trained and worked at Domaine Jean-Marc Morey in Chassagne-Montrachet, one of Burgundy’s most respected estates. Classic, precise, prestigious.

Then he went home.

Back to the tiny village of Rotalier in the Jura mountains, to take over his family’s domaine — and do the opposite of playing it safe.

What followed wasn’t a re-creation of tradition. It was an explosion of curiosity. Old grape varieties, forgotten plots, experimental élevage, zero shortcuts. His cellar became less of a production site and more of a living laboratory.

Where The Wine Is Born

The Jura isn’t gentle. Winters are long, slopes are steep, and vineyards cling to limestone and marl soils in a landscape that feels closer to mountains than rolling countryside.

Parcels are small, scattered, and shaped by wind and altitude — a place that naturally gives tension, freshness, and vivid acidity.

That alpine energy runs straight through Ganevat’s wines: nothing feels heavy, everything feels alive, lifted, and in motion.

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How the wine feels

Layered Complexity

Multiple grape varieties and vineyard plots reveal themselves in surprising harmony.

Mineral Drive

Stony soils lift the wines with tension and electric energy.

Wild Precision

Spontaneous ferments and careful élevage create wines that are untamed yet balanced.
Jean-Francois Ganevat - Florine 2019
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Jean-Francois Ganevat - Florine 2019

Jean-Francois Ganevat - Florine 2019
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FOR THE NERDS

Jean-François Ganevat and his sister Anne represent the 14th generation of their family to farm in Jura, with roots tracing back to 1650. Before focusing entirely on wine, the family also ran a dairy supplying milk for Comté cheese — a reminder of how deeply agriculture is woven into the region’s culture.

After gaining experience at Domaine Jean-Marc Morey in Chassagne-Montrachet, Jean-François returned to Rotalier in 1998 to take over the family estate. Today, the domaine covers just 8.5 hectares, yet includes an extraordinary diversity of local grape varieties, both red and white.

The vineyards are farmed biodynamically and worked entirely by hand. In the cellar, intervention is minimal, fermentations are native, and élevage is tailored individually for each cuvée — sometimes resulting in 35–40 different wines in a single year. Inspired by Burgundian methods such as ouillage, Ganevat combines precision with experimentation, creating wines that are both deeply traditional and strikingly original.

“The goal isn’t perfection. It’s emotion.”