This is the same wine originally bottled as the 2023 ‘I Wish I Was a Ninja’ Colombard Pét-Nat, simply given an additional 33 months of ageing on its lees before release. That extra time has refined the wine beautifully, producing finer bubbles, greater texture and a surprising level of complexity, while preserving the bright citrus fruit, lively acidity and infectious drinkability that make it one of Testalonga’s most charming sparkling wines. Fresh, energetic and wonderfully distinctive, it shows just how well Colombard responds to extended lees ageing.
TESTALONGA El Bandito ’33 Ninja’s’ Colombard Methode Ancestrale 2023
R405.00
Only 5 left in stock
The wines of TESTALONGA defy convention in a lot of ways. Craig has never been accused of being “a follower” and these wines represent the avant-garde of South African wine. The fruit is farmed by Craig and his team using organic and biodynamic methods. Craig is proud of making natural wines, thus early picking, a lack of additions (minute amounts of SO2 are infrequently used) with no fining or filtration are all hallmarks of his approach. They have bought a farm in the Piketberg area in northern Swartland, and have started to plant vines as of 2018.
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