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near his home base in Fiesole

and unadorned by oak or excess

Spain's most celebrated red wine region is not a valley — it is a plateau

Fabien Jouves Mas del Perie Tu Vin Plus aux Soirées Rouge 2024 Sweet Heavy bottomThe 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