Testalonga El Bandito Hallelujah Chicken Run 2024

Testalonga El Bandito Hallelujah Chicken Run 2024

The name comes from one of Craig’s favourite musicians Thomas Mapfumo from Zimbabwe. When he started out making music and formed a band they all used to work in the chicken runs so their first band they called Hallelujah Chicken Run

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Viognier from Swartland, South Africa. It comes from a tiny parcel (300 vines) that they have been working with for a number of years. Grapes from a vineyard planted in 2001 on granite on the outskirts of Malmesbury, where the soils have a higher clay content

Taste Profile: The nose shows honeysuckle, fynbos and peach while the palate is light-bodied with a pleasing tension about it – clean, fresh and pithy

Winemaking Process: Hand harvested then whole bunch pressed into a 300L old French oak cask. Full malolactic fermentation is allowed to take place. No added yeast or acid. SO2 added a month before bottling, un-fined and with a light clarifying filtration