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Favorita, from the I Vicini merchant range, is produced by Jean-Yves Péron using organic, biodynamic, and natural methods. It is made from organic grapes purchased in Asti (Piedmont). This macerated white wine is made from 100% Favorita, a local white grape variety very similar to Vermentino.
The grapes used for this Favorita cuvée are harvested at full maturity from young vines growing on semi-slopes. One-third of them are directly pressed and two-thirds are macerated in carbonic acid for two weeks. The wine is aged for one year in 300-liter barrels. Unfiltered, unfined, and no sulfites are added.
This is a Vermentino that bears the hallmarks of a more continental terroir and climate than average. It has a beautiful acidic base and plenty of minerality, sapidity, and aroma, similar to certain Alsatian grape varieties: fragrant without being exotic. Pair it with fish and seafood in all their forms: oysters, shellfish, smoked salmon, etc.
Jean-Yves Péron skillfully embodies the organic, biodynamic, and natural renaissance of the Savoyard vineyard, which thrives on varied soils and numerous indigenous grape varieties (Jacquère, Altesse, Mondeuse, etc.). At his Chevaline winery in the Bauges region, he vinifies grapes from his plots in Conflans, near Albertville, and Fréterive, in the Isère Valley.
Jean-Yves Péron's work adheres to the principles of minimal intervention. On narrow and steep surfaces, his mountain vines in micro-plots, worked by hand, do not receive any synthetic products, Jean-Yves preferring horsetail and nettle manure. All of Jean-Yves Péron's wines are sulfite-free, made from hand-harvested grapes, vinified in whole bunches and foot-trodden in the vat. For all vintages, the free-run and press are blended, then aged on lees for at least one year, in two- or three-wine barrels, amphorae or tuns, before final blending. They must be stored at a temperature below 18°C. No sulfites are added, or as little as possible, and the wines are neither fined nor filtered.
Since 2011, a trading activity has allowed Jean-Yves Péron to purchase harvests from neighboring organic winegrowers and collaborate with winegrowers from Northern Italy: this is the I Vicini series, which allows him to diversify the terroirs and deepen his winemaking and aging experiences.