Old Vines White

West Coast mussels in a creamy Cape Malay white wine sauce make a perfect match for Mullineux Old Vine White. The wine’s vibrant acidity and layered complexity enhance the briny freshness of the mussels, while subtle Cape Malay spices like turmeric, coriander, and a hint of curry highlight its notes of ginger and citrus-like galangal. The creamy sauce complements the wine’s texture, with a squeeze of lemon bringing out its bright stone fruit and yellow grapefruit character. Served with crusty sourdough or roosterkoek, this dish is a true celebration of South African coastal flavours.

Our 2024 Mullineux Old Vines White is a refined representation of our oldest, sustainably farmed, white wine vineyards, hailing from the ancient granite soils of the Paardeberg mountain. Each of these grape varieties have stood the test of time in this extreme appellation. With vineyards up to 72 years in age and truly expressing unique vineyard characters, having adapted to the terroir over multiple decades. The vines experienced very balanced conditions during the growing season with favourable diurnal temperature changes. The cool evenings resulted in very a gradual ripening phase and ultimately, beautifully concentrated berries.

This wine was aged for 11 months in 3rd to 5th fill French oak 500L barrels and two new 2000L Foudre.

Each vineyard for our 2024 Mullineux Old Vines White was carefully harvested by hand to respect the low juice-to-berry ratio inherent to the old vines. After the cool grapes were oxidatively whole-bunch pressed, the juice was allowed to settle overnight. Indigenous yeast saw the wine through its primary fermentation which lasted up to ten weeks and any natural malolactic fermentation was allowed to take its course. The wine was left on its lees in barrel until spring to refine and build on the complex flavours of this signature Mullineux white wine and bottled just before the 2025 harvest.

“Wines that transport you to the Swartland.” – Andrea Mullineux Packed with layers of distinctive vibrancy, regional character, great allure and sophistication. Staying true to the Mullineux winemaking philosophy, these wines can be opened and enjoyed upon vintage release, or over two decades from the vintage.