Testalonga, El Bandito, Queen of Spades MAGNUM, Swartland, South Africa Minnella Sub-Region - Almansa

Sub-Region - Almansa

Sub-Region - Cotes du Rhône

Golden in colour

Long dry aftertaste with balanced acidity

Producer - Cascina Zerbetta

Testalonga, El Bandito, Queen of Spades MAGNUM, Swartland, South Africa Minnella Sub-Region - AlmansaCraig 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