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Testalonga Stay Brave 2019
Swartland, Coastal Region, South AfricaOne of the stars of South Africa's New Wave wine renaissance, Testalonga is Craig and Carla Hawkins' personal project, dedicated to experimental wines and rescued grapes, often from old vineyards. They were the first of the Swartland Revolution collective to start their own vineyard project, back in 2015, when they moved to a farm in the northern reaches of the Swartland, nestled into the Olifantsberg mountain, called Banditskloof. With 10 days maceration, this Chenin is the introduction to Testalonga’s skin contact wines. Sourced from koffieklip over granite soils outside of Paardeberg, this deeper golden hued wine is gripped tightly, holding herbal melon, fine lees, apricot pith, mandarin peel, golden apples, to a streaming saline finish. Beauty complexities here, in this leading natural chenin.Tasted: 16 October 2020Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| BC | $40.00 | 750ml | private wine stores |
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The Living Vine
Grape: Chenin BlancCSPC: 104062
