Jean-Yves Peron Les Oeillets Amphore VDF White 2022

Country: France

Region: Savoie

Type: Orange Wine

Grape: Jacquère

Born and raised in the Savoie, Jean-Yves Péron studied winemaking in Bordeaux in the late 90’s. After school he spent some time working in Cornas and later in Alsace. Jean-Yves works organically and biodynamically, and the estate is divided into several micro-parcels containing Mondeuse, Jacquère, Altesse, and Roussanne. The reds are generally made carbonically and some of the whites see extended maceration times.

Les Œillets comes from the same terroir as La Petite Robe (the clay-limestone soils of the lieu-dit Les Marches, at the foot of Mont Granier), but it is harvested later to obtain a more advanced phenolic maturity and a higher tannic concentration. A carbonic maceration of four or five days is followed by a month of punching down in vats. At least one year of aging in terracotta amphora.

With a beautiful minerality and a tension polished by the passage in terracotta, this is an atypical white. Powerful aromatic notes of fresh and candied citrus fruits and apricot, without any trace of wood. Lovely texture, soft tannins and a nutty, oxidative note.