Jean-Yves Péron
2022 Jean-Yves Péron Pierra Menta
Sold out
$165.00
Description
WINEMAKER: Jean-Yves Péron
REGION: Savoie, FR
VARIETY: Gringet
VITICULTURE: Organic
The gringet, which makes up 100% of Pierra Menta, is a white grape variety endemic to Haute-Savoie historically linked to the commune of Ayse, near Bonneville. Jean-Yves Péron's vines are planted near Albertville, on a mica schist plot facing due south. The gringet has long been confined to the Bonneville region and traditionally produces low-alcohol, high-yield sparkling wines. It is an interesting grape variety, fruity, low in alcohol, with notes of quince and strong minerality. The gringets of Pierra Menta macerate for two weeks in carbonic acid then are punched down for two months, and are aged for one year in 300-litre barrels.
The quince is evident from the olfactory and gustatory attack, and the minerality supports this note. White fruits, florality, lots of structure and a beautiful acidity. An incredible length, too…
Jean-Yves Péron is a young artisan patiently reviving ancient, almost forgotten high-altitude vineyards in the French Alps, near Albertville. After studying oenology in Bordeaux, he trained with natural winemakers Thierry Allemand and Jean-Louis Grippat in the Rhône Valley and Bruno Schueller in Alsace. Started in 2004, he works with multiple steeply terraced micro-parcels (3 hectares total) of 115-30 year old Jacquere and Mondeuse vines, planted to friable mica-schist soils; his oldest parcels were planted in 1893, and have not seen phylloxera. Organic farming, indigenous yeasts, non-interventionist winemaking, avoidance of filtering and fining and use of little or no sulphur make these natural wines of the first rank.
2022 Jean-Yves Péron Pierra Menta
$165.00
SPÖN PICKS
SPÖN Bottle Shop & Wine Bar: Made for Discovery
A 50-seater wine bar; Inspired by the charming, drink-in bottle shops hidden throughout the cobblestone streets of Europe, explore a rotating world of natural, organic, rare & vintage wines, and craft beers sourced from Australia and across the globe.
Born in Newtown
Nestled in the vibrant heart of Newtown – We created SPÖN as a cozy neighbourhood bottle shop and wine bar that feels relaxed, welcoming and distinctly its own. Creative, a little gritty, a little playful and always full of something new & unexpected — just like Newtown.
A bottle shop with a bar problem.
SPÖN - a discovery-led hybrid bottle-shop/Wine bar experience. Browse the shelves, grab a bottle and drink it at the bar — or pull up a stool and explore a daily rotating board of over 15+ distinct wines being poured by the glass. SPÖN is built around drinking what interests you.
Come curious. Leave with a new favourite.
We don’t tell you what to drink. You don’t need to know your varietals, regions or vintages, and you certainly don’t need to pretend you do. Tell us what you like, hate, what you’ve tried or curious about — we’ll take it from there. Sometimes the best bottle is the one you didn’t know you wanted.