Mullineux
Essence 2020
Sweets
About the SessionA rich offering of vintage wines that have stood the test of time. Wine Specialist, Higgo Jacobs comments “These categories have strong historical ties with South Africa's wine industry, and they remain underrated in terms of bandwidth and prices, while consistently over-delivering on quality.”
LOT 125
Mullineux
Essence 2020
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
About this Item
The grapes for this straw wine were sourced from one parcel of 33 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 Blanc grown in the decomposed Granite of the Paardeberg.
The Mullineux Essence 2020 is among the most extraordinary sweet wines produced in South Africa, a straw wine of 650 grams per litre of residual sugar at just 5% alcohol, earning 97+ points from Anthony Mueller at The Wine Advocate in December 2023, who declared it a gorgeous wine that will undoubtedly outlive everyone we know, with impeccable weight, smoothness, complexity and expression.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
"This gorgeous wine will undoubtedly outlive you, me and everyone we know. Impeccable weight for 650 grams per litre of residual sugar at 5% alcohol. Smooth, complex, expressive and stunning." - Anthony Mueller, The Wine Advocate, 97+/100 (Dec 2023)
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