2016 Anne et Jean-Francois Ganevat Arbois La Flandre

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  7/30/2021 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  Organically farmed Chardonnay made with purchased fruit. Fermented spontaneously, vinified completely without any SO2. Aged for 2 years in old oak foudres. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Youthful pale green color. Somewhat wild, funky and slightly bretty nose with sweet-toned aromas of waxy funk, some cider apple, light juicy notes of ripe lemony citrus fruits, a little bit of smoky phenolic spice, a hint of Band-Aid and a touch of quince. The wine feels intense, somewhat concentrated and quite noticeably saline on the palate with slightly wild flavors of waxy funk, some tangy Granny Smith apple tones, a little bit of rustic farmhouse cider, light stony mineral notes, a hint of bretty leather and a touch of phenolic bitterness. The high acidity lends great freshness and intensity to the wine, but the fruit ripeness and the slightly oily mouthfeel keep the wine from coming across as particularly lean. The finish is dry and crisp with long, nuanced flavors of tangy salinity and stony minerality, some tart green apple notes, a little bit of phenolic bitterness, light bretty notes of leather and waxy funk, a hint of lemony citrus fruit and a sharp touch of acetic VA.
  
  A fresh and precise Jura Chardonnay that has an obvious but not excessively pronounced funky edge to its aromas. Instead of overwhelming the finer nuances, the slightly waxy and leathery notes of brett only seem to add complexity to the wine, blending wonderfully with the sweeter fruit notes while letting the sharp, more acid-driven flavors of green apples and lemony citrus fruits stay in the limelight. Although not primary in any way, the wine feels still quite youthful and shows good potential for future development. Will continue to improve at least for the next 5 years or so, most likely for much longer. Priced according to its quality at 34,90€.

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  3/8/2020 - plvnst Likes this wine: 90 Points

  great tension & length.

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  2/24/2020 - acyso wrote: 88 Points

  Dinner at MingHin (Chicago, IL): Slightly cidery and sappy on the palate; there's a bit of a natty quality to this. Good minerality, but there's a bit of a hollowness on the midpalate that I don't love. The play with Ganevat, of course, is the domaine wines.

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  10/31/2019 - Harley1199 wrote: flawed

  Noche de Difuntos (Alicante - España): Returned to pens. Disgusting in the mouth and very shy in the nose. Another open bottle when Jonah was swallowed by the whale. Somelier agrees and spits it directly to the sink. I begin to verify that the rotation of bottles is not of a higher category here.
  
  Devuelta a corrales. Repugnante en boca y muy tímida en nariz. Otra botella abierta cuando a Jonás se lo tragó la ballena. El somelier está de acuerdo y lo escupe directamente al fregadero. Comienzo a verificar que el local no destaca por la rotación de botellas.

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  8/6/2019 - Kris G Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Lemon, lime, prominent acids, subtile bitter, fine and pure, very long, the cold climat is showing.

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