the region and the spirit of this part of Catalunya
Navarra is the region directly east of Rioja in Northern Spain
Suggested espresso recipe:Weight in - 17gWeight out - 32-34gRatio - 1:2Extraction time - 23-25 seconds
For this wine a field blend of grapes from 80 year old vines are gently destemmed before being foot trodden and then separated into parcels
With an English father and French mother
Testalonga, El Bandito, I am the Ninja, Swartland, South Africa Featyured the region and the spiritCraig 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