Jean-Francois Ganevat is an iconic winemaker, heralded not just as one of the best vignerons in Jura but in the natural wine world full stop. His family have deep roots in Jura and Jean-Francois began by working alongside his father in the 1970s. Formal training at wine school followed and thereafter a stint in Burgundy with Domaine Marc Morey, before Jean-Francois returned to take over the family business in 1998 where his legendary reputation has grown stronger with each passing year.

Fortbeau is old vine Chardonnay from Jean-Francois and his sister Anne made from négoce fruit. The grapes are vinified with indigenous yeasts then left on the lees in old oak for 3 years to produce a structured, intense and complex wine with a plethora of rich, savoury notes and intense lemon, apple, and stone fruit.