Straw Wine 2013

Mullineux, fact sheet (mlfwines.com – linket fra mlfwines.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2013 Mullineux Straw Wine – område: Swartland; 100% Chenin Blanc; alkohol 10%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Vineyards: From one parcel of 35 year-old Chenin blanc planted in the stony Shale and Schist based soils of the Kasteelberg and one parcel of 40+ year-old dry land, bush vine Chenin grown in the decomposed Granite of the Paardeberg mountain. These are the parcels that gives us the best acidity at harvest. Harvest: Grapes were hand-harvested between the 26th January and 5th February 2013 Winemaking: Grapes are hand-harvested at normal ripeness level of 23° Brix then left to dry in the shade outdoors for 2- 4 weeks. This allows moisture to evaporate naturally from the berries, concentrating sugars, acids and flavour. When the grapes have shriveled half way to becoming raisins they are crushed and pressed whole bunch, and racked straight to old 225L barrels. A small amount of sulphur is added to inhibit bacteria but allow the natural yeast to ferment. Fermentation takes roughly 6 months and stops naturally when the yeast cannot ferment further. The barrels are then treated differently: Some are not topped, but allowed to oxidize slowly, to build complexity. Some are topped every few months, but left without sulphur, and the remaining barrels are dosed with sulphur and topped every couple of months to maintain their purity and fruit. After 12 months the barrels are racked and blended, and the wine is bottled unfiltered and unfined. Maturation: 12 months in old (5th fill) 225L French oak barrels