Old Vines White 2023

Mullineux, fact sheet (mlfwines.com – linket fra mlfwines.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2023 Mullineux Old Vines White – område: Swartland; 62% Chenin Blanc, 13% Clairette, 10% Sémillon Gris, 8% Grenache Blanc, 5% Viognier, 2% Verdelho; alkohol 14%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Vineyards: Our 2023 Mullineux Old Vines White continues the marriage of old vine Chenin Blanc with Mediterranean varieties planted on the Granite, Schist and Iron based soils of the Swartland. The incredible texture and backbone of the blend is brought by the low yielding old-vine Chenin Blanc, grown on all three of our focus soil types. The Clairette Blanche and Grenache Blanc add layers of salinity, freshness and its opulent fragrance is from the Viognier, Semillon Gris and Verdelho. These vineyards are up to sixty-eight years old, and all sustainably farmed. Harvest: The grapes were hand-harvested between the 20th January and 23rd February with a yield of 2 to 5 tons/ha, which translated to an average of 30 HL/ha. Winemaking: Each vineyard for our 2023 Mullineux Old Vines White was carefully hand-harvested to respect the low juice-to-berry ratio inherent to the old vines. Once the cool grapes were oxidatively whole-bunch pressed, the juice was allowed to settle overnight. Indigenous yeast saw the wine through its primary fermentation that lasted up to ten weeks and any natural malolactic fermentation was allowed to take its course. The wine was left on its lees in barrel until spring to refine and build on the complex flavours of this signature ensemble. It was then racked after 11 months, left to settle for another 30 days and the final blend was bottled just before the 2024 harvest. Maturation: This wine was aged for 11 months in 3rd to 5th fill French oak 500L barrels and two new 2000L Foudre.