Wine Composition
79% Clairette Blance, 21% Viognier
Winemakers Comments
A perfumed nose of orange blossom follows on to the palate which has some orange and mineral notes, a waxy texture and lemony acidity. Enjoy this summer or age a year or two. Particularly good with Asian dishes containing lemon grass.
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
14,5 % Vol
TA
5.7 g/l
pH
3.32
RS
1.4 g/l
Cellar Techniques
From young bush vines planted in the Schist soils of Palm Block on Roundstone Farm. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts is in older French oak barrels. The wine is left on the lees until Spring, during which time it went through malolactic fermentation. The barrels are racked and blended just before the following vintage and bottled unfiltered. 11 months in 3rd-fill French oak 500L barrels.
Winemaker
Name - Andrea Mullineux
Winery
Mullineux was established in 2007, when Chris and Andrea Mullineux settled in the Swartland wine region, 60 kilometers north of Cape Town. Within a very short time period the winery established itself as one of South Africa’s most celebrated wine brands, both locally and on the international front. By 2020 the winery had received thirty 5-star ratings from Platter’s South African Wine Guide, as well as being awarded Platter’s Winery of the Year an unprecedented 4 times in 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2020.
In addition, Andrea was named Wine Enthusiast’s 2016 International Winemaker of the Year and in 2016 Chris & Andrea were Tim Atkin’s South African Winemakers of the Year.
In 2013 Chris & Andrea joined forces with Analjit Singh. Together with founding partner Peter Dart they started a parallel winery in Franschhoek called Leeu Passant. The Leeu Passant winery is located on Leeu Estates, which also is the home Analjit’s hospitality portfolio, the Leeu Collection.
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