2020 Fabien Jouves Amphore Malbec

93 POINTS

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

Amphora malbec. Organic farmed. New thinking. Fabien Jouves. Good stuff. Cahors reinterpreted. Soft and lightly juicy, a light savouriness in plummy fruit, blackberries, sweetish fruit albeit finishes cool and alpine in a way. Delicious to drink, easy to drink, a compelling malbec that sits at a brighter end of the scale but with all the expected pillowy niceness of the variety. Oh yeah. And those silky tannins come in late for a fine, gently puckering thing to close. It’s a really lovely wine.

93 POINTS

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

Amphora malbec. Organic farmed. New thin... A subscription to The Wine Front is needed to read reviews and scores. Either log in if you are an existing subscriber, or consider joining via our subscription page - HERE. If you're an existing member who's subscription has expired, then please check your account status HERE. Thank you.

93 POINTS

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

A higher elevation (350m) and 40 year old vines. Biodynamic/organic certified. Savoury perfume of dried rose petals, charcuterie, smoky paprika, red cherry juice and cranberry. Plusher than expected in the palate, juicy, fresh-edged with plummy fruit, blueberry lift and dried herbs, gamey characters and trails of dried olive in silty tannin. Lovely stuff here, pure and structured.