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Baby Bandito 'Chin Up' 2023

  • Region Bandits Kloof, Eendekuil & Piketberg, Swartland, South Africa
  • Grapes Cinsault
  • Vineyard Uncertified Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
  • ABV 12.5%
  • Size 750ml

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About the Wine

Chin Up could possibly be the lightest, airiest Cinsault we have tasted. It really does justify the descriptive tag of 'juice' as it comes in at a happily gluggable low finished alcohol - cue the Ribena comparisons. The fruit comes from old bush vines that yield whopping grapes with ripe juice heaving beneath their skins, this translates into a very low-extraction red, as it is a pale ruby colour with barely any tannins. Fruit is juicy red apple with mouthwatering tart cherry. Throw this one on ice and try to make it last more than 15 minutes.

About Testalonga

After travelling extensively in Portugal and Austria learning his craft, Craig Hawkins returned to South Africa and became the winemaker at top Swartland estate Lammershoek.  Craig now makes his own Testalonga wines from various small, organic vineyard sites in Swartland and makes everything naturally, with as little intervention as possible. 'Baby Bandito' is his easy drinking, entry-level range.      

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