2022 Testalonga, Cortez Swartland, South Africa Quinta do Javali is laid out in terraces

is laid out in terraces

the grapes ferment spontaneously with ambient yeasts and see one month of skin contact

a south-west facing and higher up the hill vineyard and was fermented down to sweet levels of residual sugar

Minella Nera

2022 Testalonga, Cortez Swartland, South Africa Quinta do Javali is laid out in terracesCortez comes from an organically farmed bush vine site planted in 1972. The vineyard is a special one, as it has been farmed organically since 2001 and every year, good or bad, it provides incredible tension in the wine. Craig attributes this to the high percentage of quartz silica in the soil. As for the label, Craig and Carla change it up every year to best suit the feeling they think the wine is giving. The photo on the label was taken by their