Testalonga, El Bandito, Queen of Spades MAGNUM, Swartland, South Africa Minnella when his friend Jean-Remi Mourad

when his friend Jean-Remi Mourad persuaded him to have a look at some old vineyards over the border in France he saw the extraordinary potential and couldn't help but get involved

Sub-Region - Almansa

this allows them to hand pick their own grapes and control the finished wines

Producer - Cascina Zerbetta

Testalonga, El Bandito, Queen of Spades MAGNUM, Swartland, South Africa Minnella when his friend Jean-Remi MouradCraig 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