Fabien Jouves “You F&@k My Wine?” 2025 Region_Walker Bay it is regional-level Burgundy grown

it is regional-level Burgundy grown on the same slopes and the same clay-limestone soils as wines that carry far grander names

Counoise and Vaccarèse are nearly extinct in the appellation and both are doing real work here

and iron-laced earth

with silky texture and butterscotch notes

Fabien Jouves “You F&@k My Wine?” 2025 Region_Walker Bay it is regional-level Burgundy grownThe Land Cahors is the historic home of Malbec, famous for dark, tannic reds once called the black wine of Cahors. This is the playful opposite. Fabien Jouves farms on the causse, the high limestone plateau above the town, where his vines sit around 300 to 350 meters on clay and limestone, higher and cooler than the valley floor. That altitude and the limestone bring freshness and lift to Malbec, which is exactly what a wine like this is after: bright