Testalonga El Bandito Lords of Dogtown 2022 Magnum

Manufacturer: Testalonga

El Bandito Lords of Dogtown Magnum

️ Swartland, South Africa

Testalonga

Chenin Blanc 100%

2022

️ 12.5%

  White wine

  From saplings planted in 1981 and then abandoned until three years ago. Now grown organically, not very productive (20 hl/ha) but capable of producing excellent fruit. Grapes harvested by hand then fermented after 100% whole bunch pressing in old 500 liter barrels. Without added yeast or acidification. Malolactic carried out, sulfur not added in any step of the vinification.

Orange peel and citrus fruits, white flowers, aromatic herbs and acacia honey

A darting, full and graceful sip. Honeyed finish.

Serving temperature 10°-12°

Seafood crudités

Hawkins Chenin are the best produced outside the Loire

SWARTLAND (South Africa)

Craig Hawkins is a young South African producer with work experience in wineries in Austria and Portugal who founded the Testalonga company.

The company is considered among those of reference in the world of alternative wines.

Purity, expressiveness and drinkability represent his idea of ​​wine.