Ladies' Cotillion Reserve White 2019

Cotillon des Dames Réserve Blanc 2019

Jean Yves Peron

Côtillon des Dames Réserve is an organic, biodynamic, and natural dry white wine made in Savoie by Jean-Yves Péron from all his schist-limestone plots of white grapes: Jacquère, Altesse, and Roussanne. Classified as a Vin de France, it is a reserve cuvée and a new benchmark from this winemaker.

Vinification

This Côtillon des Dames reserve cuvée from Jean-Yves Péron is made from Jacquère grapes growing on limestone soils and Altesse grapes from schistose terrain. This year, a little Roussanne from direct pressing is added. The grapes are vinified separately and blended approximately two months before bottling. Maceration in vats with punching down is carried out for between two weeks and three months depending on the variety. The idea is to be able to precisely control the evolution of the juice and balance the wine according to the behavior of each grape variety. The wine is aged for one year in barrels.

Tasting

Côtillon des Dames Réserve is a complex, elegant, and fruity white. It is one of this producer's flagship vintages. Lovely acidity, good aging potential. It will be perfectly at home alongside smoked fish (salmon or other) from Lionel Durot, from Maison Matthieu or from Saumon de France.

Learn more about Jean-Yves Péron

Jean-Yves Péron is a talented embodiment of the organic, biodynamic and natural renaissance of the Savoyard vineyard, which is based on soils varied and many indigenous grape varieties (Jacquère, Altesse, Mondeuse, etc.). At his winery in Chevaline, in the Bauges region, he vinifies the grapes from his plots in Conflans, near Albertville, and Fréterive, in the Isère valley.

High-altitude biodynamics

Jean-Yves Péron's work follows the principles of minimal intervention. On narrow, steep surfaces, his mountain vines in micro-plots, worked by hand, do not receive any synthetic products, Jean-Yves preferring horsetail and nettle manure. The grapes are vatted in whole bunches and undergo semi-carbonic maceration. Shortly before pressing, they are foot-trodden in the vat, then sent to barrels of two or three wines for aging on lees for twelve months, before blending and resting in the vat. No sulfites are added, or as little as possible, and the wines are not fined or filtered.

Italian-Savoyard trade

Since 2011, a trading activity has allowed Jean-Yves Péron to buy the harvest from neighboring organic winegrowers and to collaborate with winegrowers from Northern Italy: this is the I Vicini series, which allows him to diversify the terroirs and deepen his experiences in winemaking and aging.