Chris and Andrea Mullineux have established a reputation for producing some of South Africa's outstanding wines from old Swartland vineyards. Their Old Vines White is a barrel-fermented white blend based on Chenin Blanc. Aromas of peach, pears, almond, blossom and honey. Fresh, yet richly textured with a long and layered finish.
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Founded by Chris and Andrea Mullineux in 2007, Mullineux is one of the most lauded wineries in South Africa. Chris and Andrea chose the town of Riebeek-Kasteel, just west of Malmesbury in the Swartland, due to its old vineyards planted on granite and schist soils.
The Swartland is warm and dry in the summer, benefitting from a cooling afternoon breeze from the Atlantic Ocean, which borders the region to the West. Disease pressure is low, which, in turn, means spraying is kept to a minimum. The fashion for monoculture in the 1970s and 1980s bypassed the Swartland. As a result, most of the vineyards that Chris and Andrea own, or lease are planted with numerous native species like fynbos. These provide a home for native insects, which act as predators of other insects that can damage the vines. Again, this enables spraying to be kept to a minimum.
The ‘Old Vines’ White is sourced from seven low-yielding (4-6 tonnes per hectare) vineyards in the Swartland. It is predominantly Chenin Blanc, blended with a touch of Semillon Gris, Clairette Blanche, Grenache Blanc, Viognier, and Verdelho. The winemaking uses whole bunch pressing and fermentation in barrel with 100% malolactic. The resulting wine is aged for 11 months in a combination of old French oak 500-litre barrels and 2,000-litre foudre.
This wine has lifted aromas of fresh peach, poached pears, orange blossom and dried honey. The palate is fresh, and richly textured, with notes of almond, yellow grapefruit and ginger, which follow through to a long and layered finish.
