Fabien Jouves “You F&@k My Wine?” 2025 Region_Walker Bay and it has almost nothing

and it has almost nothing in common with the Willamette Valley three hours north

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

and iron-laced earth

The Grandparent of pilsners

Fabien Jouves “You F&@k My Wine?” 2025 Region_Walker Bay and it has almost nothingThe 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