This is a predominantly Balance & Finesse wine, but it shares structural nuances of Rich & Full as described in the tasting note below.
Tasting Notes
Medium plus bodied, with pleasing acidity that balances the slightly off dry nature of the wine, the nose unfolds with a slightly wooly nature belying the flavors of banana, melon, and white flowers that extend to the mineraly finish.
Body is the impression of a wines weight, density, or its ‘mouth-feel’. Some wines feel weighty, or full bodied, while others feel light bodied. Wine runs the gamut from light to full, with most falling somewhere in between.
ACIDITY
Low
Moderate
Balanced
Crisp
High
Acidity is a foundational component in wine. In fact, low acidity, or ‘flabby’ wine (as the term suggests) is a negative. You can sense acidity mainly on the sides of your tongue. Acidity generally ranges from balanced to high. Crisp acidity adds freshness, making your mouth water. Acidity is a necessary element and helps to balance other components.
SWEETNESS
Dry
Off Dry
Medium Dry
Medium Sweet
Very Sweet
Most wines are characterized as dry to off-dry, but there are some grape varietals, like Riesling, that run the gamut from dry to sweet. The tip of the tongue mainly detects sweetness, which is why it is often the primary characteristic detected. Sweetness is derived from residual sugar that did not ferment into alcohol.
ALCOHOL
13%
Alcohol is the by-product of fermentation. Differing grape varieties have differing potential alcohol levels, but regardless warmer areas result in riper grapes resulting in higher alcohol. Alcohol level is an objective number, but its affect on its palate impression is largely determined with how well integrated and balanced it is with other components.
Distinct Chenin profile with an extroverted personality.
GRAPE VARIETAL(S)
Chenin Blanc
100%Shuh-NAN BLON
Chenin Blanc is often overlooked, but makes some of the most compelling white wines across Palate Character, including bone dry to sweet in style. Some of the best expressions come from France’s Loire Valley, and South Africa, which at their best are concentrated, crisp, sometimes long-lived, mineral driven wines that deserve more recognition for their high quality age-worthy whites.
Kloof Street is the entry-level bottling for the Mullineux family of wines that was founded in 2007 in the Swartland region of South Africa by Chris and Andrea Mullineux
Though a young estate, Mullineux is already recognized for the quality of its wines, which are made using a minimalist approach in the vineyard and winery. The terroir consists of soil with differing amounts of shale and granite, low summer rainfall, and evening breezes off the Atlantic which help extend the growing season.
The wines of Mullineux are made to be true to terroir and exhibit the site-specific potential of chenin blanc and syrah.
Banana
Melon
Perfume
