As a Riesling-aficionado it is quite difficult to impress me with a white wine outside from Germany and especially from overseas. But this White blend is serious juice and bewitching like the winemakers.
2008 Mullineux, White Blend, Swartland, South Africa
An amazing and promising debut of Chris&Andrea Mullineux with this white dry based on 86% Chenin blanc, 7% Clairette and 7% Viognier. The soils on the Riebeek Kasteel and Porcelain mountains, on the eastern side of the Swartland, are based on shale and have a good clay content. Fermentation is with indigenous yeasts and matured 11 months in used french oak barrels.
Firm&fresh and without any kind of flabbiness I often find in white oversea wines. Deep floral&herbal flavor profile with some citrus elements…white flowers, honey and spicy notes of herbs, dried flowers and a nice touch of creaminess with some almond notes from the oak. BRAVO
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