A delightfully luscious., long drink alongside a superb French dinner. Unlike many American wines, this is a superb accompaniment to fine food. I concur completely with Ben Christenson's comment from March 2020. I am looking forward to finishing it tomorrow. Stood up to a superb 1985 [year of my marriage] Chateau de Beaucastel.
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Ripe exotic fruit on the nose. Think papaya and over ripe pineapple. Lees stood up as pastel de nata. Very textured and you have to appreciate the richness to enjoy it. I think the chenin is showing the ageing characteristics the most. Good wine, but I would suggest drinking up now.
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This was sensational. Drank over the course of three days and just kept getting better and better. Wish I had more. Aromatically complex and texturally darn interesting. A great wine right now. Don't see it slowing down but if I had more I would certainly plow through them.
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Still a pale hue. Hard to characterise the fruit element, pear seems closest but not quite right. Rich and full but fresh, a touch of oak. Quite big, quite long, plenty of acidity. Very enjoyable.
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Straw. held up really well. Plenty of freshness and crispness. Complex fruits, melon, pear, apple with touch of apricot perhaps. Some light honey. Rich. Fairly long. very drinkable.
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The 2013 Mullineux white blend with mainly Chenin Blanc is a powerful wine. The quince and apple fruit is complemented by almonds, nuts and sherry. At first it was a bit fat, but really nice on the second day. This is absolutely nice!
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The wine was pale straw-yellow in colour and had a nose of dried stone fruit, nuts, honeycomb, and spicy honey. On the palate, the wine showed stone fruit, a lemony component, honeydew melon, nuts, some vanilla and mild oak spice, with lively acidity and good length. A medium-bodied, balanced and harmonious white with perfectly integrated oak. Fuller and richer on day two: It should pair well with a mild yellow curry.
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Fine wine. Great balance and finesse. Apples, melons, grapefruit. Good acidity. Hints of honey and apricot. Good length. lovely wine. Still quite young.
Carrot and light herbs, musky, orange peel and a wispy earthy note. Palate has a touch of sweetness, has a little roundness to the fruit as well, acid kicks up a bit toward the finish and helps give it a fresh lift. Some texture keeps it decently interesting as well. Feels like it is drinking well already.
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Pale straw. Rich aromas of pear, starfruit, and spice. Slightly textured and round in the mouth with a beautiful lingering acidity that concludes with flavors of ginger and lemon peel.
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Still drinking lovely. Great purity to the fruit, slightly candied lemons with a touch of peach. The weight of this wine lends it so well to chicken or pork.
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I didn't take any notes and am writing this a few days later from memory, but this is a really nice chenin. Really balanced, good acidity, quite fruity but also with some stony minerals. Easy drinking.
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This is a blend of 80% Chenin, balance 13% Clariette Blanch and Viognier. Wood fermented in old french oak. There is one new 2000 L foudre. So technically its got some new wood.
The blend: clariette ripens early and adds a nuttiness. The viognier ripens very late but is very highly alcoholic but is peachy. The viognier never gets to be more than 7% because it will take over.
That is layered: nutty, peach, with minerality on the nose. A complex interaction. Palate is again big, but almost has some tannin on it. That thing is structured and powerful. And finishes on that nutty sensation.
That is a darn serious wine.
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Quite rich and round nose with lime leaf, Apple, lemon peel some oak, palate is also rich with lots of lemon, touch of herb, slight austerity on the finish probably could do with a year or so to integrate and soften
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By the glass at the BA lounge. Not a fresh bottle. To be honest this felt like a generic lightly oaked ( if any) white wine from a new world country. Granted it's an entry range to the beautiful wine world of Andrea Mullineux but we expected a bit more. Decent . 86
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Flowers, herbs and citrus on the nose with a hint of coriander. Bang on palate: Bitterness, acidity and some sweetness well balanced. Best on day two. An excellent white wine from South Africa.
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12 month in oak, 2nd and 3rd fill. On the nose a bit rounder, potentially due to both the oak and the older Chenin Blanc. Powerful and tight, with good structure, again mineral, very long. 90-91+
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80% Chenin, 13% Clairette, 7% Viognier. 11 mois d'élevage en chêne de 2 ou 3 vins. Frais et minéral, parfum floral et épice douce à l'aération. Un millésime plus chaud que 2014, plus exigeant pour les vinificateurs.
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12/22/2021 - Duninow Likes this wine: 95 Points
A delightfully luscious., long drink alongside a superb French dinner.
Unlike many American wines, this is a superb accompaniment to fine food. I concur completely with Ben Christenson's comment from March 2020. I am looking forward to finishing it tomorrow. Stood up to a superb 1985 [year of my marriage] Chateau de Beaucastel.
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12/30/2020 - gediminasbielskus Likes this wine: 87 Points
Ripe exotic fruit on the nose. Think papaya and over ripe pineapple. Lees stood up as pastel de nata. Very textured and you have to appreciate the richness to enjoy it. I think the chenin is showing the ageing characteristics the most. Good wine, but I would suggest drinking up now.
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3/27/2020 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
This was sensational. Drank over the course of three days and just kept getting better and better. Wish I had more. Aromatically complex and texturally darn interesting. A great wine right now. Don't see it slowing down but if I had more I would certainly plow through them.
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3/24/2020 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
that has amazing complexity and is tasting great right now.
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10/18/2019 - BeadyJay wrote: 91 Points
Still a pale hue. Hard to characterise the fruit element, pear seems closest but not quite right. Rich and full but fresh, a touch of oak. Quite big, quite long, plenty of acidity.
Very enjoyable.
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8/23/2019 - cannym Likes this wine: 91 Points
Straw. held up really well. Plenty of freshness and crispness. Complex fruits, melon, pear, apple with touch of apricot perhaps. Some light honey. Rich. Fairly long. very drinkable.
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2/3/2019 - MuckSo Likes this wine: 89 Points
The 2013 Mullineux white blend with mainly Chenin Blanc is a powerful wine. The quince and apple fruit is complemented by almonds, nuts and sherry. At first it was a bit fat, but really nice on the second day. This is absolutely nice!
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12/14/2018 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
That's way different than Gruner Veltliner! And lots of waxy power. Just don't switch between the two.
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8/30/2018 - PSPatrick wrote: 90 Points
The wine was pale straw-yellow in colour and had a nose of dried stone fruit, nuts, honeycomb, and spicy honey. On the palate, the wine showed stone fruit, a lemony component, honeydew melon, nuts, some vanilla and mild oak spice, with lively acidity and good length. A medium-bodied, balanced and harmonious white with perfectly integrated oak. Fuller and richer on day two: It should pair well with a mild yellow curry.
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7/28/2018 - cannym Likes this wine: 90 Points
Fine wine. Great balance and finesse. Apples, melons, grapefruit. Good acidity. Hints of honey and apricot. Good length. lovely wine. Still quite young.
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4/12/2018 - drzweigelt wrote: 90 Points
Orange peel and a little sulphur on the nose. Apricot and lemony fruit, rocky, high acidity, honeyed aftertaste. Good.
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4/7/2018 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Rocking delicious.
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8/20/2017 - kenthargis wrote: 86 Points
Interesting flavors. Wouldn't necessarily get again though. The clairette blanche and viognier added some delicate floral notes.
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6/20/2017 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points
Carrot and light herbs, musky, orange peel and a wispy earthy note. Palate has a touch of sweetness, has a little roundness to the fruit as well, acid kicks up a bit toward the finish and helps give it a fresh lift. Some texture keeps it decently interesting as well. Feels like it is drinking well already.
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6/5/2017 - Elycohn Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pale straw. Rich aromas of pear, starfruit, and spice. Slightly textured and round in the mouth with a beautiful lingering acidity that concludes with flavors of ginger and lemon peel.
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5/23/2017 - Rupert wrote: 90 Points
At The Greenhouse: enticing mix of the floral and the stony, a touch of sweetness, rich.
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3/28/2017 - PaulHig wrote: 91 Points
Still drinking lovely. Great purity to the fruit, slightly candied lemons with a touch of peach.
The weight of this wine lends it so well to chicken or pork.
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2/15/2017 - Robert D Likes this wine:
Vibrant with acidity behind a rich nose. Apples, citrus and a touch of honey. Long finish. Good but not profound.
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9/12/2016 - Zweder wrote: 86 Points
Weekly tasting group #228; A mixed set fully blind tasted. (@ DJ): Flowers, white fruits and fennel in the bouquet. On the palate white fruits, melon, stone fruits, minerals, medium bodied, citrus and a touch of sweetness. Smooth and a bit fat. 86+?
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8/31/2016 - mmh wrote:
I didn't take any notes and am writing this a few days later from memory, but this is a really nice chenin. Really balanced, good acidity, quite fruity but also with some stony minerals. Easy drinking.
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4/6/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Well that is darn tasty stuff.
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4/1/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Sublime.
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3/22/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Big cinnamon and spice inflected chenin.
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3/3/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
This is a blend of 80% Chenin, balance 13% Clariette Blanch and Viognier. Wood fermented in old french oak. There is one new 2000 L foudre. So technically its got some new wood.
The blend: clariette ripens early and adds a nuttiness. The viognier ripens very late but is very highly alcoholic but is peachy. The viognier never gets to be more than 7% because it will take over.
That is layered: nutty, peach, with minerality on the nose. A complex interaction. Palate is again big, but almost has some tannin on it. That thing is structured and powerful. And finishes on that nutty sensation.
That is a darn serious wine.
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12/26/2015 - eoinhharkins wrote:
Quite rich and round nose with lime leaf, Apple, lemon peel some oak, palate is also rich with lots of lemon, touch of herb, slight austerity on the finish probably could do with a year or so to integrate and soften
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12/3/2015 - PaulHig wrote: 91 Points
Pure fruited lemon rind, ginger and spicy oak. Bit of substance with cleansing acidity. Great with pork.
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10/8/2015 - Omar Khayyam wrote: 90 Points
Southern cone vs South Africa. Greece vs Germany. (at home): Wet wool, old yellow apples, pumpkin juice. Fresh, deep, balanced, rich body (oak+alcohol+concentration from old vines). A serious wine.
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9/30/2015 - Papies wrote: 86 Points
By the glass at the BA lounge. Not a fresh bottle.
To be honest this felt like a generic lightly oaked ( if any) white wine from a new world country. Granted it's an entry range to the beautiful wine world of Andrea Mullineux but we expected a bit more. Decent . 86
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6/1/2015 - Kriz wrote: 92 Points
Flowers, herbs and citrus on the nose with a hint of coriander. Bang on palate: Bitterness, acidity and some sweetness well balanced. Best on day two. An excellent white wine from South Africa.
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2/17/2015 - rossi.wine wrote: 91 Points
12 month in oak, 2nd and 3rd fill. On the nose a bit rounder, potentially due to both the oak and the older Chenin Blanc. Powerful and tight, with good structure, again mineral, very long. 90-91+
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10/27/2014 - stadler Likes this wine:
80% Chenin, 13% Clairette, 7% Viognier. 11 mois d'élevage en chêne de 2 ou 3 vins. Frais et minéral, parfum floral et épice douce à l'aération. Un millésime plus chaud que 2014, plus exigeant pour les vinificateurs.
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10/14/2014 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
fresh, nutty nose, marzipan
very dry, fresh
elegant, good texture
creamy finish
excellent stuff
blend of Chenin, Clairette and Viognier
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