Mullineux Old Vine Syrah 2019 Swartland

The Old Vine syrah from Mullineux is made up of the fruit that doesn't go into their single vineyard Schist, Granite and Iron series of terroir bottlings. As such, it represents superb value for money. Styled after the northern Rhone, this has an enticing core of ripe blackberry and red cherry fruit, cut through with notes of sage, toast, gentle black pepper and a beautiful note of cured meat that emerges on the finish. Plush and savoury, it nonetheless has the structure and tannins to age very well for many years.