2023 Mullineux Granite Syrah
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The Mullineux 2023 Swartland Granite Syrah is perfumed and open, offering redcurrant, blackberry and lifted floral spice over a soft but broad tannin frame. Despite a rainy growing season, this Syrah leans toward a riper, more approachable expression while retaining aromatic purity. Planted in the late 1990s on granite and fermented with 100% whole-cluster fruit, the site’s deep soils and moderated canopy growth support both ripeness and freshness.
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Neal Martin
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The 2023 Syrah Granite comes from Jakkalsfontein and is fermented in the barrels that it is aged in. It spends 12 months in 500-litre French oak with a further nine months in foudres . This has a perfumed and quite floral bouquet with pressed iris flower and a touch of peony infusing the black fruit, hints of Earl Grey and white pepper emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, very linear and vibrant and impressive density and length on the finish. Excellent.
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.