L'année 2024 a été chaude et sèche dans le Swartland, créant ainsi des conditions favorables au cépage Chenin Blanc cultivé sur des sols granitiques altérés aux abords de Paardeberg. Le Granite Chenin Blanc 2024 de Mullineux est élaboré à partir de raisins issus de ces sols granitiques altérés, cultivés sans irrigation et récoltés à la main. La fermentation s'est déroulée à l'aide de levures sauvages, sans aucun additif et sans élimination d'aucun composant. Il en résulte un Chenin Blanc doté d'une minéralité prononcée et de la tension caractéristique du granit. Ce vin peut être dégusté jusqu'en 2040.
Robert Parker (95)
The Mullineux 2024 Swartland Granite Chenin Blanc is taut, energetic and mineral-driven, with notes of green apple, pear skin and crushed stone carried by striking vertical freshness. Chenin Blanc shows extreme precision here, with deep-rooted vines in sandy granite soils promoting tension and clarity. The Paardeberg’s weathered granite and cooling Atlantic breezes help preserve the wine’s linear structure and vibrant lift.
James Suckling (96)
Lovely aromas of white peaches, lemon and lime peel, apricots, sea shells, nutmeg and hints of cedar. It’s cool and focused with a lovely combination of fruit and fresh minerality. Full-bodied but vertical and elegant, with a very long, saline and textured finish. Drink or hold.
Vinous (93)
The 2024 Chenin Blanc Granite comes from the decomposed granite soils in the Eikelaan Vineyard and spends 11 months in 225-litre used French oak. This has plenty of energy and focus on the nose, touches of pressed yellow flowers infuse the white fruit, a hint of stem ginger in the background. The palate is very well balanced with a smooth and slightly viscous texture, a fine bead of acidity, immense purity of fruit with an elegant, almost understated finish. Superb.
