Testalonga, El Bandito, Queen of Spades MAGNUM, Swartland, South Africa Minnella Fredi Torres makes some of

Fredi Torres makes some of the Spanish wines we get really excited about - Lectores Vini Priorat Classic for one - and is busy with many projects there so hadn't really meant to get involved in something else but

Producer - Cascina Zerbetta

when his friend Jean-Remi Mourad persuaded him to have a look at some old vineyards over the border in France he saw the extraordinary potential and couldn't help but get involved

Fermented on skins in cement tanks then aged for seven months in acacia

Golden in colour

Testalonga, El Bandito, Queen of Spades MAGNUM, Swartland, South Africa Minnella Fredi Torres makes some ofCraig and Carla Hawkins' wines seem to get better with every vintage. They make beautiful, poised, satisfying and utterly lovely wines from low yielding vines mainly growing on granitic soils in Swartland. Often using techniques including whole bunch ferments, extended skin contact and old oak foudres, with just a touch of sulphites at bottling, these are lovely, almost delicate wines that are a million miles from the stereotypical blockbuster South