Community Tasting Notes 5

• HangryBob Likes this wine: 89 points

  January 17, 2023 - Light ruby, like filtered strawberry juice. A well balanced bouquet of strawberries and juicy red fruit on the nose. Soft on the palate, for a cinsault, light without being watery at all. Lingering finish. Possibly the best cinsault I've had under R300 a bottle.

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• Jonathan / Vinofili Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 26, 2022 - Dark rosé, light red? Don’t know, don’t care… This is so yummy! Light and slurpy with great energy. For people who like red sour beer, this wine is the thing.
  
  Lovely and refreshing aromas of strawberry and rhubarb followed by sweet cherry, blood orange and red apple. It’s really, really herbal and floral! Can’t really define them, though… It’s very fruit dominated with a nice juiciness together with hints of grass, white pepper and rosewater.
  Medium- body with medium+ acidity, almost no tannins, a bit prickling and super crispy. Strawberry wine gum, sweet dried red berries, red bitter grapefruit, sour raspberry, mild white pepper, hints of anise and a delicate, fruity finish complimented with mild green olives. The herbs are very present on the tongue too.
  
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• StasMedvedev.lv Likes this wine: 89 points

  March 9, 2022 - 🏅 Rating 89/100 (3,9⭐)
  
  Light ruby rosé, clear. Fresh, red berries. Rose water. Juicy.
  
  Turkish delight, sour. Medium high acidity. Light body. Could be made in amphora as it has this clay mineral flavour.
  
  100% Cinsault
  
  Natural wine, 6 months 3300L barrel
  
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• SiR wrote: 89 points

  January 7, 2022 - 11.0% - Clear, pale & light ruby with a blackish tint / clean, med intensity - warm field strawberries (not the crap with white flesh), black cherry, white pepper, spice box / dry, med+ acidity, light tannin, med to light body, med+ intensity, med to short length. Juicy, great on it's own or nice pairing with hamburger & fries.

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• Jeffyboy Likes this wine: 89 points

  July 30, 2021 - strawberry-rhubarb colour - very good. nose: strawberries, cherries from compote; some kirsch plus crisp black cherries and some bubble gum. not bad. taste: medium acidity; fruity - red and black cherries, strawberries, plums; light, small grainy tannins; medium (+) finish - thicker and sweeter. funky but very tasty.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type Red
• Producer Testalonga
• Varietal Cinsault
• Designation Baby Bandito Chin Up
• Vineyard n/a
• Country South Africa
• Region Coastal Region
• SubRegion Swartland
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Code 4627187125584

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• In Cellars 5 (22%)
• Consumed 18 (78%)

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