Mullineux - Syrah, Swartland - 2017 (750ml)

Wine Composition 

100% Syrah

Winemakers Comments 

This perfumed Syrah has notes of spicy citrus rind, refined black fruit, violets and lilies. The palate is elegant and restrained yet with plenty body and a silky texture balanced by a fresh, natural acidity. The finish is long with supple tannins. Best served at 16 to 18 °C, this wine will greatly benefit from decanting if drunk within the first 3 to 5 years after bottling.

Awards

John Platter | 5 stars

Tim Atkin | 93 points

Wine Advocate | 91 points

Vinous | 91 points

Wine Spectator | 90 points

Technical Analysis 

Alcohol Percentage 

14.50%

Total Acidity 

5.1 g/l

Residual Sugar 

2.4 g/l

pH

3.73

Cellar Techniques

Each parcel of grapes is chilled in our cold room then 50% is destemmed to tank and the remainder is added as whole bunches.  Minimal SO2 is added and, as with all our wines, no further additions are made.  The must is initially pigeaged once a day.  After about 4 days, fermentation begins with indigenous  yeasts and the wine is pigeaged once or twice a day, depending on extract and tannin development.  Temperatures are kept below 28 °C.  Fermentation lasts 7 to 10 days after which 3 to 7 weeks (also depending on tannin development) skin contact is given.  The wine is then pressed to barrel for malolactic fermentation and maturation. Each parcel is racked in Spring to blend the wine, which is then returned to barrel and later bottled unfiltered and unfined. Aged 14 months in French oak 225L and 500L barrels and 2000L Foudre, 15% new.

Winemaker 

Name - Andrea Mullineux

Winery 

Mullineux Family Wines was established in 2007, and was owned and managed by Chris and Andrea Mullineux, with business partners, Keith Prothero and Peter Dart. 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 2014 they had received twelve 5 star ratings from Platter’s South African Wine Guide, as well as being awarded Red Wine of the Year in 2013 with their 2010 Syrah and Winery of the Year in 2014.