Mullineux Chenin Blanc Granite
| Winery | Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines |
| Appellation | Swartland |
| Wine Style | Full Bodied Rich Dry White Wine |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Bottle Closure | Cork |
| Viticulture | Organic |
| Alcohol by Volume | 13,50% |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Ageing Potential from Vintage | < 10 Years |
| Ageing | Cask |
Tasting notes
Grand white wine with plenty of character. Brilliant straw yellow with solid green-yellow tears. Graceful nose of absolute purity, royal jelly, fresh quince, white peach and flint. Elegant attack with distinctive evolution, stunning refined texture thanks to the very fine natural acidity. Lengthy complex finish with stone fruit and lemon zest. Delicious wine to enjoy on its own. Goes also well with rich dishes such as grilled lobster with fennel garnish, fried langoustines in lemon sauce, sweetbreads with white truffle, grilled young leek, aubergine caviar and goat cheeses. Till 5 years best decant in advance. Serving temperature: 12°C.
Wine Story
Andrea and I settled in the Swartland as we knew this magic region had the potential to make truly world class wines from the special sites and Old Vines planted there.
The Swartland is a wild and beautiful place - the landscape is a series of rolling hills with a few significant outcrops of rock that form the Paardeberg and Kasteelberg mountains. With its ancient soils and dry climate, it is not an easy place to establish vines, and is a region that has as much of an influence on the vineyards and people who farm there as the people have on the land itself. We believe the primal Swartland landscape bares the souls of grape vines, and in those varieties that can take the ruggedness and intensity of the place, the true personality of a vineyard is revealed.
We do our best to bottle wines that honestly reflect the special sites that our vineyards are planted in, and to do this we follow reasoned farming and winemaking approaches. We only use composts we make ourselves from our herd of Nguni Cattle, we plant cover crops and use mulches to build the health and life of the soils our vines are planted in. We follow this philosophy into the winery where we only make use of the wild yeasts that come into the winery on the grapes and avoid the addition of acids, enzymes and other winemaking techniques that can mask the character of the vineyards.
We truly Love our wines and are so happy to have found a focused, down to earth partner like Frank who appreciates and promotes small, real, family run wineries. We are proud to have Matthys Wines as our importer in Belgium!
