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2020 Mullineux, Iron Syrah, Swartland, South Africa

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Syrah/Shiraz
Not ready (Drink 2027 - 2044)
Neal Martin
91/100
James Suckling
95/100
Anthony Mueller
97/100
Product: 20201323607

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2020 Mullineux, Iron Syrah, Swartland, South Africa

Description

The 2020 Iron Syrah is firm with a youthful grip and offers aromas of crushed red berries as explosive florals erupt from the glass. This is instantly the champion of the soil series range this year. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is electric in the mouth and jumps to life as it excites the palate with precision, complexity and finesse. It explodes with beauty and balance and continues to reveal its secrets over the long, lingering, ever-evolving finish. Absolutely stellar!

Drink 2024 - 2045

Anthony Mueller, Wine Advocate (December 2022)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 12.5%
Maturity Not ready (2027 - 2044)
Grape List Syrah/Shiraz
Body Full Bodied
Producer Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines

Critics reviews

Neal Martin 91/100

The 2020 Syrah Iron has a very focused bouquet, and yes, that ferrous element underlies what are quite precise black fruit scents, hints of bilberry and a light marine influence developing with time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a sappy entry, maybe a little more reduced than either the Granite or Schist; the finish is more backward and broody at the moment. Just needs a little more charm to develop.

Drink 2024 - 2038
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Sep 2022)
James Suckling 95/100

A lovely herbal nose of rosemary, sage, pine and crushed blackberries. Full-bodied with so much to unpack. Complex, intense and long but no overdone one bit. So transparent and clear but incredibly savory and deep. Bergamot. A pleasure.

Best after 2024
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Dec 2022)
Anthony Mueller 97/100

The 2020 Iron Syrah is firm with a youthful grip and offers aromas of crushed red berries as explosive florals erupt from the glass. This is instantly the champion of the soil series range this year. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is electric in the mouth and jumps to life as it excites the palate with precision, complexity and finesse. It explodes with beauty and balance and continues to reveal its secrets over the long, lingering, ever-evolving finish. Absolutely stellar!

Drink 2024 - 2045
Anthony Mueller, Wine Advocate (Dec 2022)

About this wine

Swartland

Swartland

After Stellenbosch, the west coast district of Swartland (25 miles north of Cape Town, between the towns of Malmesbury and Piketberg) now ranks as the Cape's most exciting wine district. Its ancient geology has brought a mix of shale, arenite sandstone and granite soils air-conditioned by the Atlantic Ocean nearby. Chenin Blanc and Shiraz seem to do best, as exemplified by Eben Sadie and Mullineux.
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