Testalonga Baby Bandito Stay Brave 2023

Grape Variety: 100% Chenin Blanc
Viticulture: Natural Wine | Biodynamic | Organic Farming

Climate: Dry Mediterranean climate
Terroir: 40-year-old vines grow on decomposed granite soil. Vineyard is east-facing, 200m above sea level

Winemaking: Hand harvested and 100% Destemmed into open 1500L fermenters. Fermented on the skins for 8 days before being pressed off into a 3300L old oak Foudre and 1 x 1500L barrels. After 4 months the wine was blended and aged in one 10 000L fibreglass tank. No yeast (or other) inoculation or additives apart from a small amount of SO2 shortly before bottling. Ambient fermentation (the juice/ wine is not cooled). 100% malolactic fermentation. A clarifying filtration was done, not fined