Testalonga El Bandito The Dark Side 2022

Manufacturer: Testalonga

El Bandito The Dark Side

️ Swartland, South Africa

Testalonga

Sirah 100%

2022

️ 12.5%

Red wine

  From a sapling vineyard planted in 2001 at 200 meters above sea level on decomposed granite. Yield 20 hl/ha. The grapes ferment in whole bunches for four days in 1500L open tanks, after which they are pressed to complete the fermentation in a 3000L spent wooden barrel.

Dark petaled flowers, blueberries, blackberries and faint hints of black pepper, very mineral

Fresh like a fruit juice, full-bodied like a Sirah, practically salty with delicate tannins

Serving temperature 16°-18°

Pigeon breast

Simply persuasive, impossible to resist

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.