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2020 Mullineux, Old Vines White, Swartland, South Africa

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Chenin Blanc
Ready - youthful (Drink 2024 - 2035)
James Suckling
92/100
Neal Martin MW
90+/100
Product: 20201531066

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2020 Mullineux, Old Vines White, Swartland, South Africa

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This has a ripe and complex nose of cooked lemon, apricot, papaya, shortcrust pastry, chamomile, juniper berries and roasted hazelnuts. It’s full-bodied, round and oily, yet fresh. Flavorful marriage of spiced fruit, flowers and nuts. 66% chenin blanc, 18% clairette blanche, 5% grenache blanc, 4% semillon, 4% viognier and 3% verdelho. Unfiltered. Drink now.

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com (Nov 2021)

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 14%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2024 - 2035)
Grape List Chenin Blanc
Body Full Bodied
Producer Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines

Critics reviews

James Suckling 92/100
This has a ripe and complex nose of cooked lemon, apricot, papaya, shortcrust pastry, chamomile, juniper berries and roasted hazelnuts. It’s full-bodied, round and oily, yet fresh. Flavorful marriage of spiced fruit, flowers and nuts. 66% chenin blanc, 18% clairette blanche, 5% grenache blanc, 4% semillon, 4% viognier and 3% verdelho. Unfiltered. Drink now.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (Nov 2021)
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Nov 2021)
Neal Martin MW 90+/100
The 2020 White Old Vines has a minimalist bouquet that offers fleeting glimpses of citrus peel and beeswax, although I would have liked a little more Chenin character to come through. The palate is well balanced with a lovely texture and hints of brioche and walnut. A subtle lemongrass note emerges toward the finish. Give this 2–3 years in bottle for the aromatics to develop.Drink 2023 - 2035Neil Martin, Vinous.com.com (Jul 2021)
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Jul 2021)

About this wine

Swartland

Swartland

After Stellenbosch, the west coast district of Swartland (25 miles north of Cape Town, between the towns of Malmesbury and Piketberg) now ranks as the Cape's most exciting wine district. Its ancient geology has brought a mix of shale, arenite sandstone and granite soils air-conditioned by the Atlantic Ocean nearby. Chenin Blanc and Shiraz seem to do best, as exemplified by Eben Sadie and Mullineux.
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