2016 Mullineux Granite Chenin Blanc
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The 2016 Granite Chenin Blanc saw no new oak in order to articulate the terroir, the vines here calling Paardeberg Mountain home. The attractive bouquet offers beautifully defined scents of dried honey, marmalade, yellow plum and light acacia. The palate is medium-bodied with a fine bead of acidity, fresh and quite saline in the mouth, presenting lemon peel, quince and touches of marmalade toward a waxy-textured finish that lingers in the mouth. Give this a year in bottle.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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Chenin Blanc, creamy nose with depth and intensity. Reminds me a bit of Alheit’s Magnetic Chenin Blanc. SO compelling! But a dry finish. (JR)
About the producer
Chris and Andrea Mullineux were at the forefront of South Africa’s new-wave movement and are now one of the country’s most established names. Alongside the Swartland project that made their name, they make wines in Franschhoek under the Leeu Passant name – a tribute to South Africa’s vinous past.