Kloof Street Swartland Rouge 2012

Mullineux, fact sheet (mlfwines.com – linket fra mlfwines.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2012 Mullineux Kloof Street Swartland Rouge – område: Swartland; 83% Syrah, 13% Cinsault, 4% Carignan; alkohol 13.5%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Vineyards: Grapes for our 2012 Kloof Street red were sourced from five vineyard parcels in different parts of the Swartland: One parcel of Syrah grown on the rolling, iron-rich soils west of Malmesbury; one parcel of Syrah and one parcel of Cinsault planted in the stony Shale and Schist based soils of Riebeek Kasteel Mountain; and one parcel of dry land, bush vine Syrah and Carignan both grown in the decomposed Granite of the Paardeberg mountain. Vines are aged between 12 and 42 years. We lease each parcel on a long term basis, and have close and direct involvement in their viticultural management. Harvest: Grapes were harvested between the 26th January and 11th February 2012. Winemaking: Hand picked grapes are cooled in our cold room, where after they are crushed and destemmed to tank, and between 5 to 25% whole bunches are added. 25ppm SO2 is added, and as with all our wines, no other additions are made. The must is initially pigeaged once a day. After about 4 days, fermentation begins with indigenous yeasts, and the wine is pigeaged once or twice a day, depending on extract and tannin development. Temperatures are not allowed to exceed 30 degrees centigrade. Total maceration is generally between 3 to 6 weeks, also depending on tannin development. The wine is then drained and pressed to barrel for malolactic fermentation and maturation. The different parcels are racked in Spring to blend the wine, which is then returned to barrel and bottled unfiltered and unfined after 11 months in barrel, and 12 months blended in tank. Maturation: 11 months, 3rd and 4th fill French oak 225L barrels & 500L demi-muids.