Fabien Jouves You F My Wine 2023

Where: Occitanie, France
Grapes:  Jurançon Noir, Valdiguié, Merlot, Malbec
Body: Medium
Category: Red Wine / chillable red 

We are loving this red blend of Jurancon Noir (a relatively rare French grape) Valdiguie, Merlot and Malbec. It's fresh and light with notes of dark berries. 

As for its name? Strict French law does not allow the use of Jurancon Noir in Cahors PDO wines and regulators told Fabien he has to remove Jurancon Noir from his wines. But because it's his favorite, he chose to give another name to his wine and an astonishing answer to French legislation, like Robert de Niro in Taxi Driver.

biodynamic // native yeasts  // Vegan

2023  //  750ml  

Fabien Jouves is from an old farming family in Causse and became a winemaker in 2006 when he created his first cuvée, “Mas del Périé”, on the highest slopes of Cahors.

Jouves’ estate, 21 hectares in the junction of Quercy and Cahors, was selected to highlight the many expression of Côt. Reinforcing this is Fabien’s commitment to biodynamic viticulture that respects “life, plant, man, and the environment.” Following biodynamic agriculture adds strength to his terroir by supporting the whole environment from the vines to the animals.

The vinification is completely natural without any oenological inputs. His wines are then aged in concrete vats, barrels, or casks, according to its characteristics and personality.