Mullineux Straw Wine
| Winery | Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines |
| Appellation | Swartland |
| Wine Style | Off-Dry Or Sweet White Wine |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Bottle Closure | Cork |
| Viticulture | Organic |
| Alcohol by Volume | 8.50% |
| Volume | 375ml |
| Ageing Potential from Vintage | < 15 Years |
| Ageing | Old Oak Barrel |
Tasting notes
Overwhelmingly sweet white wine. Deep copper colored wine with thick golden, crystal-clear tears with green hue. Initially squat nose that wants to bloom in a wide carafe; opening slowly with candied fruits and citrus, quince jelly and spices, vanilla, marzipan and toasted almonds. Voluminous taste with a powerful texture, refined by a remarkably lively acidity and a never-ending aftertaste in which mouth aromas keep multiplying. This is a meditation wine that also pairs perfectly with blue cheese and complex fruit and/or nut pie. Although it may seem irreverent, try to marinate organic mango with this wine and serve it with vanilla ice cream, which is heavenly! Serve 8°C
Wine Story
Andrea and I settled in the Swartland as we knew this magic region had the potential to make truly world class wines from the special sites and Old Vines planted there.
The Swartland is a wild and beautiful place - the landscape is a series of rolling hills with a few significant outcrops of rock that form the Paardeberg and Kasteelberg mountains. With its ancient soils and dry climate, it is not an easy place to establish vines, and is a region that has as much of an influence on the vineyards and people who farm there as the people have on the land itself. We believe the primal Swartland landscape bares the souls of grape vines, and in those varieties that can take the ruggedness and intensity of the place, the true personality of a vineyard is revealed.
We do our best to bottle wines that honestly reflect the special sites that our vineyards are planted in, and to do this we follow reasoned farming and winemaking approaches. We only use composts we make ourselves from our herd of Nguni Cattle, we plant cover crops and use mulches to build the health and life of the soils our vines are planted in. We follow this philosophy into the winery where we only make use of the wild yeasts that come into the winery on the grapes and avoid the addition of acids, enzymes and other winemaking techniques that can mask the character of the vineyards.
We truly Love our wines and are so happy to have found a focused, down to earth partner like Frank who appreciates and promotes small, real, family run wineries. We are proud to have Matthys Wines as our importer in Belgium!
