{"id":5381,"date":"2012-07-31T20:47:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=5381"},"modified":"2012-07-31T20:47:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T20:47:08","slug":"mullineux-schist-and-granite-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/syrah\/mullineux-schist-and-granite-2010","title":{"rendered":"Mullineux Schist and Granite 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mullineux_granite_schist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5387\" title=\"mullineux_granite_schist\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mullineux_granite_schist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swartland-based Mullineux is one of the most respected of the new wave of South African wine estates, and in the 2012 Platter Guide they achieved a remarkable clean sweep of three out of three five star wines.<\/p>\n<p>Last year they added two more wines to their portfolio: a pair of high-end Syrahs named &#8216;Granite&#8217; and &#8216;Schist&#8217;. This is a brilliant idea, because it gives an insight into the role terroir in shaping wine. For a wine geek like me, it\u2019s interesting to see how the same grape, handled the same way, makes different wines grown in vineyards with different soil types and exposures.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Granite\u2019 is from from a 14 year old vineyard on the Paardeberg with soils that are sandy granitic with a thick layer of clay. Because of the clay, the vines always have good moisture levels, leading to bigger berries with thinner skins, and which enjoy more shade from the larger canopies. This leads to fresh,\u00a0aromatic wines with some subtle green characters.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Schist\u2019 comes from a 15 year old vineyard on a steep east-facing slope (at Kloovenburg) that produces smaller berries with thicker skins, making a more masculine style of wine. Both wines were made with 100% stems, and 50% new wood. Two 500 litre barrels of each wine were made, which equates to 100 cases of each. They&#8217;re not cheap: both are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbr.com\/products-12287-2010-mullineux-granite-swartland-south-africa\">Berry Bros &amp; Rudd in the UK<\/a>\u00a0for \u00a359 a bottle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mullineux Granite Syrah 2010 Swartland, South Africa<\/strong><br \/>\nSweet aromatic black cherry fruit nose with some meaty overtones. The palate is fresh, lively and spicy with meaty berry fruits. It\u2019s quite rich yet fresh at the same time, with some lighter mineral notes in the mix. Lovely freshness, precision and perfume, with good acidity. 94\/100<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mullineux Schist Syrah 2010 Swartland, South Africa<\/strong><br \/>\nDense, brooding and rich with some meatiness to the black fruits nose. The palate is rich, bold and intense with lovely black fruits and a fine spicy finish. Nice density and structure here. Meaty, spicy, dense. 93\/100<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swartland-based Mullineux is one of the most respected of the new wave of South African wine estates, and in the 2012 Platter Guide they achieved a remarkable clean sweep of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,11],"tags":[374,161,353],"class_list":["post-5381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-africa","category-syrah","tag-south-africa","tag-swartland","tag-syrah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5388,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5381\/revisions\/5388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}