Testalonga Baby Bandito Follow Your Dreams Carignan 2024

A light, fragrant, gorgeous rendition of Carignan. It's got more in common with, say Cru Beaujolais, Jura rouge or something Cabernet Franc-like out of the Loire Valley than a classic Rhone red

Carignan (Carinena, Mazuelo)

$55.00

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Floral, Red Fruit, and Herbal, Sweet Spice

BODY: Medium -
DRYNESS: Very Dry
ACIDITY: High
TANNIN: Medium -
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Coastal Region (Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Swartland, Constantia & More), South Africa

Grape Varietals:
Carignan (Carinena, Mazuelo)

Winemaking:
Natural Winemaking
Whole Cluster Fermentation

Maturation: 7-12 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Middle Eastern spiced lamb, hard cheese, cured meats

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Claypot rice, Fried Carrot Cake, Fried Pork Jowl

Testalonga

The wines of Testalonga defy convention in a lot of ways. Started in 2008 in Swartland, Craig and Carla Hawkins have become one of South Africa's leading natural wine producers

Description

Testalonga Baby Bandito Follow Your Dreams Carignan 2024

It's got more in common with, say Cru Beaujolais, Jura rouge or something Cabernet Franc-like out of the Loire Valley than a classic Rhone red

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Carignan from Sawrtland, South Africa. Vines grow on decomposed granite with a north-facing exposure at 220m above sea level

Taste Profile: Elegant bright red with aromas of crushed berries & flowers. The mouth reveals notes of sour cherry and strawberry. This wine is full of aromatic red fruits (raspberry, morello cherry, tart pomegranate), sweet violets and herbal notes. It has a lively acidity but then evolves towards sweeter floral notes of violet and a lingering finish

Winemaking Process: Hand harvested and 100% whole bunch fermented. The wine does not go through carbonic maceration but rather, is crushed before going into tank for 8 days of fermentation and then pressed off into two old 3500L Foudre.

No yeast (or other) inoculation or additives were added before bottling. 100% malolactic fermentation. Light clarifying filtration and bottled unfined

Bright & Easy Reds

Easy drinking red wines with bright fruit aromas and low tannins. The wines are often released without much aging in tank, oak barrels or bottle, and are meant to be drunk early

These wines typically can be nejoyed without food, and are usually served cooler. They can be light bodied wines like Beaujolais, or light extraction styles that do not emphasize tannin & color extraction