2021 Testalonga El Bandito Lords of Dogtown Chenin Blanc

Spicy, old-vine Chenin Blanc from a renegade winery making natural wines from organically-farmed grapes.

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Winemakers Craig and Carla Hawkins named this complex expression of Chenin Blanc after their farm, nicknamed 'Dog Town' because of all of the dogs, baboons, donkeys, and cattle that live there.

The vineyard for this wine is home to 50-year-old vines, producing a wine with an awesome structure and elegance. There's loads of spice here: a real ginger and white pepper bonanza backed up by dried orange and lemon.

With a limited number of bottles, the Testalonga range always gets snapped up in no time at all.

Our farm, Bandits Kloof, is now a blank canvas and can be quite a demanding place at times. It’s definitely a challenge in a positive way but is a bit “rough” at the moment. We have friendly nicknamed it “Dog town” as the animals (baboons, donkeys, cattle, dogs) are or seem to want to be in charge. The photo was taken by Carla on one of our walks, and the donkeys and cattle all seemed to be posing for the camera as if it was a photoshoot. The owner of the vineyard Carl Malherbe has 2ha of the vineyard which when he brought the farm was abandoned, we worked together and are in the process of getting the 2 blocks back into production, Carl being a cattle auctioneer always jokingly asks when I’m going to put a Nguni on the label, so the photo just fitted.

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