Testalonga, Monkey Gone to Heaven Mourvedre, 2024 SO042026 Chiara Gemma Miro traded a biology

Gemma Miro traded a biology career to come home and revive her grandfather's old vineyards in the hills between Falset and Priorat

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

pot-distilled straight whiskeys: bourbon

a family that has been farming these hills for generations

vines grow in craters dug through meters of lava and ash

Testalonga, Monkey Gone to Heaven Mourvedre, 2024 SO042026 Chiara Gemma Miro traded a biologyMourvdre 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