Testalonga, Monkey Gone to Heaven Mourvedre, 2024 SO042026 Chiara and the wind-swept exposure that

and the wind-swept exposure that defines the Eola–Amity Hills

inheriting this prestigious parcel in 2023

and Clos Venturi is one of the reasons it didn't

more lifted style than the usual baked-fruit Cotes du Rhone cliche — hence the inevitable (and somewhat exasperating) Burgundy comparisons

The 2018 vintage offers classic rose petal

Testalonga, Monkey Gone to Heaven Mourvedre, 2024 SO042026 Chiara and the wind-swept exposure thatMourvdre usually turns up dense, tannic and a little wild; Craig Hawkins makes it light on its feet. The fruit comes from a small block on the Paardeberg's lower slopes near Abbotsdale in the Swartland, planted in 2001 on koffieklip a clay rich soil over decomposed granite and farmed organically in partnership with Jurgen Gouws of Intellego. Everything goes into the tank whole bunch, ferments on native yeast in stainless steel with about 17 days on