Testalonga, El Bandito, SKIN, Swartland, South Africa Saint-Vèran yet attractively exotic and lively

yet attractively exotic and lively

broke away from the overtly (excessively

Variety / Blend - Ribolla Gialla

Plenty of sunshine ensures the wines have weight and texture to balance out the fruit

My favourite is a tall and imposing Thierry who casts a long shadow which then joins the long shadows of his vines

Testalonga, El Bandito, SKIN, Swartland, South Africa Saint-Vèran yet attractively exotic and livelyCraig 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