Ganevat Courage Blanco 2021

A cuvée made with 100% Riesling, from old Alsatian vines planted on granite soils and harvested by hand. Naturally vinified at Domaine Ganevat in the Jura: direct pressing, native yeasts, and aging on the lees in demi-muids that have seen several wines for over three years. Bottled at the Domaine without fining, filtration, or added sulfites. A green, molded landscape with small hills nestled between Burgundy and Switzerland. Aromatized by the vapors of Comté, the world-famous great cheese. Cool climate, vineyards planted on slopes at different altitudes. Countless grape varieties, including Chardonnay, Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau, Gamay, and others. Fafan Ganevat, as his friends call him, is a true alchemist who drives you crazy with the more than forty cuvées he produces each year. A vigneron whose religion is biodynamics and natural wines. He manages a tiny domaine in the village of La Combe de Rotailer, approximately eight hectares. Trained in Chassagne Montrachet with Jean Marc Morey, he took over the family estate in 1998, later joined by his sister Anne. He is a perfectionist, and what most would find maddening, he makes everyday. He rarely uses sulfur and is always afraid that the wines will spoil in transit, but he completely avoids this by aging on the lees for long periods of time, even up to 11 years. His wines lack the traditional Jura oxidation, and he prefers the Burgundian style of lightness and elegance. His wines are out of this world.