2016 Mullineux Leeu Passant Radicales Libres
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The 2016 Chardonnay Radicales Libres comes across very yeasty on a flor -tinged nose that takes some getting used to if you are not accustomed to this style of wine. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity and a waxy texture, again, quite flor -like toward the finish. It gains more freshness with time, though it never quite blossoms into anything profoundly complex. I preferred the 2012 tasted a couple of years ago, but this is still an intriguing and distinctive wine.
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Neal Martin
About the producer
Chris and Andrea Mullineux were at the forefront of South Africa’s new-wave movement and are now one of the country’s most established names. Alongside the Swartland project that made their name, they make wines in Franschhoek under the Leeu Passant name – a tribute to South Africa’s vinous past.