Spicy South African Syrah - Wine & Spirits Magazine

Spicy South African Syrah


Chris and Andrea Mullineux blend fruit from seven sustainably-farmed parcels for this wine, the vines between 22 and 30 years of age. They ferment it with ambient yeasts and some whole clusters (10 percent). There’s a darkness in the result, more in the camp of dark chocolate and hard-seared steak rather than deep purple fruit—although a juicy blueberry note gives it some energy. After a few days open, that fruit begins to turn towards fresher red expressions and forest accents. Its black-pepper pop would make this an interesting foil to steak au poivre.

Skurnik Wines & Spirits, NY

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Mullineux 2017 Swartland Syrah

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Corey Warren is the Tastings Editor in addition to covering the wines of the Loire, Southern France, Argentina and South Africa.


This story appears in the print issue of February 2021.
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