{"product_id":"2025-testalonga-baby-bandito-stay-brave-chenin-blanc","title":"2025 Testalonga Baby Bandito Stay Brave Chenin Blanc","description":"\u003cp\u003eCraig Hawkins was making skin-contact Chenin Blanc in the Swartland before almost anyone else in South Africa, and Stay Brave is the first place you should look to see hiw prowess with this winemaking style. It's an orange wine with real freshness and drive, and has become a touchstone for lovers of orange wines around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit comes from bush vines planted in 1981 on decomposed granite in the Paardeberg, a site that naturally gives a bit more tannin and structure. The grapes were destemmed and left on skins for 14 days, then pressed to finish fermentation and malolactic in fibreglass tank. It spent 11 months on lees there. No wood at all, and only 11.5% alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight gold in the glass, with cut apple, orange peel, ginger and a little spice. Zippy acidity carries it along, and the tannins are tight and chalky, giving a dry, gently grippy finish that keeps it elegant rather than heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld Paardeberg vines, two weeks on skins and no oak - a skin-contact Chenin that's bright, textural and genuinely good fun.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Testalonga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68101534023723,"sku":"2025 Testalonga Baby Bandito Stay Brave Chenin Blanc","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/products\/2020TestalongaBabyBanditoStayBraveCheninBlanc_700x_1eaa5536-d1b0-49df-899e-7bc77acad2fa.png?v=1651453994","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2025-testalonga-baby-bandito-stay-brave-chenin-blanc","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}