Testalonga, El Bandito, I Wish I Was a Ninja, Swartland, South Africa Malagousia Appellation - La Palma

Appellation - La Palma

ripe brambles and cassis

pepper and liquorice with velvety tannins

Region - Trento - Alto Adige

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Testalonga, El Bandito, I Wish I Was a Ninja, Swartland, South Africa Malagousia Appellation - La PalmaCraig and Carla Hawkins' wines seem to get better with every vintage. They make beautiful, poised, satisfying and utterly lovely wines from low yielding vines mainly growing on granitic soils in Swartland. Often using techniques including whole bunch ferments, extended skin contact and old oak foudres, with just a touch of sulphites at bottling, these are lovely, almost delicate wines that are a million miles from the stereotypical blockbuster South