I Vicini Barbera 2021 - Jean-Yves Peron

I Vicini Barbera - Jean-Yves Peron

I Vicini Barbera by Jean-Yves Peron is a red wine that represents an authentic expression of the Barbera variety, characterized by a strong personality. Winemaking occurs through spontaneous fermentation, using only indigenous yeasts. After fermentation, the wine ages for 16 months in oak barriques, allowing an integration of flavors and a maturation that enriches the aromatic bouquet. This winemaking and aging process is aimed at enhancing the typical characteristics of Barbera, such as freshness, lively acidity and fruity hints, but also at giving depth and complexity to the wine. I Vicini presents an intense red color and a palette of aromas that can include notes of red fruits, spices and light toasted notes, depending on the culture of the soil and the specific growing conditions of the grapes. It is a wine that lends itself well to pairing with meat dishes, risottos and mature cheeses, making it a versatile choice for various gastronomic occasions.

Service

We taste it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulip glasses. To be drunk immediately but will express its best characteristics in a few years.

Pairings

Excellent paired with first courses with meat sauce, second courses of meat, to try with a cacciatora rabbit.

Winery: Jean-Yves Péron

Jean-Yves Péron is a Savoyard vigneron who is trying to recover ancient and almost forgotten vineyards in the French Alps. After studying oenology in Bordeaux in the late 1990s, he worked for some of the most famous natural vignerons in France, such as Thierry Allemand in Cornas and Bruno Schuller in Alsace. In 2004 he decides to go home and start producing his wine in the village of Chevaline. The vineyards here are steeply sloping and covered with schist, this means that all work in the vineyards, including the harvest, is done by hand. All this is rewarded with hundred-year-old vines that have never been attacked by phylloxera. In the vineyards we find plants of Mondeuse, Jacquere, Altesse, Roussanne all native grape varieties of Savoy to which recently rows of Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Grenache have been added. Its red wines are produced with the carbonic maceration technique while the whites see prolonged maceration times, influenced by Jean-Yves' love for the "orange" wines of northern Italy.