Fabien Jouves

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Fabien Jouves: Natural Wine of Cahors

The only son of an old peasant family from the Causse, Fabien Jouves studied oenology and trained in Bordeaux. The desire to make his own wine is felt… In 2006, he decided to take over the family vineyards (located in Trespoux) to create the Mas Del Périé estate. Until he arrived, all the grapes were sold to the local cooperative…

Falling in love with natural wines during his career, it is logical that our winemaker decides to make wines without artifice and that he turns to Biodynamics. Certified Demeter and Biodyvin (no jealousy!) since 2011, he uses dung and horn silica, compost of Dung Maria Thun… According to Fabien, this helps to restructure and revitalize the soil, develop the rooting of the vine (and therefore to accentuate the terroir effect), to increase disease resistance and to get grapes with better quality… Quite a fine program!

Mas del Perie’s Wine

Here, between the slopes of Quercy and those of Cahors, Malbec feels at home. On these 20 fragmented hectares, Fabien Jouves can express the different facets of this emblematic grape variety. Each plot has its own terroir: red clays, limestone, stony areas… The cuvées bear the name of the different places called: Escures, les Acacias, la Pièce…

The harvest is obviously manual. And for the vinification of the grapes, nothing extraordinary. Everything is done naturally, without oenological inputs. The juices are matured in concrete vats, barrels and casks according to their personality.

Despite a hot climate, Fabien Jouve offers fresh juices, mastered, and often fruity (generally breaking the clichés that we can have on the heaviness of wines from the region). Thanks to its 20 hectares, the wines of Mas del Perie are numerous (ranging from wine for aperitif to wine for gastronomy). Definitely bringing his region to the top, we’ve been a fan for years and never disappointed! Impressive consistency…

Vidéo réalisé par Fabrice Tessier, pour la revue Le Rouge & le Blanc