Pigalle 2021

Named after the bohemian Parisian quarter, Pigalle 2021 is a pure Malbec from the Bordeaux hinterland — the grape’s ancestral home before Argentinian sunshine made it globally famous. Marius Bielle’s Vin de France expression skips convention: the wine is light-to-medium on its feet, with violet and red fruit aromatics more reminiscent of a northern Côt than a heavyweight southern Malbec. Fresh, honest, and unpretentious, it is precisely the kind of natural Bordeaux that makes you rethink what the region is capable of. Serve slightly cool.