Who are we ?
My name is Sébastien Obert. After studying viticulture and oenology, I decided to work on conventional wine estates. Not finding my happiness in this field, I decided to return to Paris. It was there that I discovered my first natural wines.
The trigger was immediate and the desire to understand these wines and their creators would never leave me.
Respect for life, good peasant common sense, the purest expression of a terroir: these are the values that we find in these wines and their winemakers.
Wine is a reflection of the terroir where it was born, but also of the person who made it. Understanding the people who make these wines is just as important as understanding how they made them.
This online store allows me to offer you a very personal selection of natural wines. It represents winemakers who respect the values mentioned above, but also the wines that have moved me the most.
One region is very well represented, that of the Jura, because it is from there that everything really began with one winemaker in particular: Jean François Ganevat (known as Fanfan).
The shock of tasting one of his wines prompted me to discover Jean François Ganevat and this fabulous region.
Fanfan wines have many qualities. They are elegant, very pure wines with energy and drinkability!
An important concept that Jean François taught me is that of time . Long aging in wines brings complexity, a structure that settles. The wines gain "in maturity".
The value of time is also expressed through bottle aging. This is why I offer you wines from older vintages.
In this way, you will be able to taste wines that will, I hope, give you a lot of pleasure.
Finally, the creation of the site levinnaturel.com and the desire to keep prices consistent represent my desire to be able to introduce these unique wines to anyone who wishes.
So I hope these wines will give you a lot of pleasure and unforgettable moments!
Sébastien Obert
Creator of the website levinnaturel.com