TN: 2008 Jean-François Ganevat Côtes du Jura Les Vignes de Mon Père

  • 2008 Jean-François Ganevat Côtes du Jura Les Vignes de Mon Père - France, Jura, Côtes du Jura (14/06/2021)
    At lunch with Sema, this was monumental. Savagnin aged 130 months under ‘ouillé’ then bottled in November 2019. A medium bright gold colour, nose of fresh hazelnuts, very floral - perfumed. Beautifully intense palate, harmonic but massive - tattooed acidic intensity, so fresh but at the same time showing salty nut elements. A bit much for two over lunch if anything. Endless finish, historic and a little crazy.

Nice! It’s twice now that I see your TNs and feel a definite pang of envy. First the Lassaigne Autour de Minuit and now Les Vignes de Mon Père. Coincidence or you’re on a Fanfan roll?

Hi Phil, not especially we are cramming in lunches out before the children finish school though so making the most of things!

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I just wanted to say that this makes no sense.

ok, voile if you didn’t know what I meant…

What? Les Vignes de Mon Père most certainly is not a wine aged under voile but an ouillé wine, i.e. it is aged in topped-up barrels for 10 years. “Ouiller” means to top up barrels. “Aged under ouillé” means “aged under topped-up”, which - as I said - makes no sense.