Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines @ Riebeeksrivier
Brief History & Background:
Husband and wife team Chris and Andrea Mullineux are passionate about the Swartland and about making wine.
After working several vintages at wineries in France, South Africa, and California, Chris and Andrea chose to settle in the Swartland Region of South Africa, firmly believing that the granie and schist based terroirs and old vineyeards of the Swartland have the potential to produce a truly great wine.
Mullineux Family Wines was established in 2007, and was owned and managed by Chris and Andrea Mullineux, with business partners, Keith Prothero and Peter Dart. Within a very short time period the winery established itself as one of South Africa’s most celebrated wine brands, both locally and on the international front. By 2016 they had received seventeen 5 star ratings from Platter’s South African Wine Guide, as well as being awarded Red Wine of the Year in 2013 and 2016, and Winery of the Year in 2014 and 2016.
Analjit Singh’s love affair with South Africa started when he first visited the country with his daughter for the Soccer World Cup in 2010. On visiting the Franschhoek valley he felt “a deep sense of belonging, of energy, a sense of place” and subsequently purchased 3 adjacent farms which have been amalgamated within his Franschhoek hospitality portfolio Leeu Collection under the name Leeu Estates. The Afrikaans word leeu (meaning lion) is the Sanskrit derivation of Singh.
In 2013 Analjit joined forces with Chris and Andrea by purchasing Keith’s shares and the company was renamed Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines.
"Our aim is to bottle wines that are a true expression of the Swartland. All steps of our winemaking process are taken with this aim in mind and we pay the highest possible attention to detail in everything we do."
A natural, minimalist approach is followed both in the vineyards and cellar. They work closely with a select group of growers who follow sustainable, reasoned farming practices. In the cellar, apart from minimal amounts of sulphur, nothing is added to, or removed from their wines. "We do not make use of any yeasts, acids, tannins, enzymes, or fining and filtering agents".
Husband and wife team Chris and Andrea Mullineux are passionate about the Swartland and about making wine.
After working several vintages at wineries in France, South Africa, and California, Chris and Andrea chose to settle in the Swartland Region of South Africa, firmly believing that the granie and schist based terroirs and old vineyeards of the Swartland have the potential to produce a truly great wine.
Mullineux Family Wines was established in 2007, and was owned and managed by Chris and Andrea Mullineux, with business partners, Keith Prothero and Peter Dart. Within a very short time period the winery established itself as one of South Africa’s most celebrated wine brands, both locally and on the international front. By 2016 they had received seventeen 5 star ratings from Platter’s South African Wine Guide, as well as being awarded Red Wine of the Year in 2013 and 2016, and Winery of the Year in 2014 and 2016.
Analjit Singh’s love affair with South Africa started when he first visited the country with his daughter for the Soccer World Cup in 2010. On visiting the Franschhoek valley he felt “a deep sense of belonging, of energy, a sense of place” and subsequently purchased 3 adjacent farms which have been amalgamated within his Franschhoek hospitality portfolio Leeu Collection under the name Leeu Estates. The Afrikaans word leeu (meaning lion) is the Sanskrit derivation of Singh.
In 2013 Analjit joined forces with Chris and Andrea by purchasing Keith’s shares and the company was renamed Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines.
"Our aim is to bottle wines that are a true expression of the Swartland. All steps of our winemaking process are taken with this aim in mind and we pay the highest possible attention to detail in everything we do."
A natural, minimalist approach is followed both in the vineyards and cellar. They work closely with a select group of growers who follow sustainable, reasoned farming practices. In the cellar, apart from minimal amounts of sulphur, nothing is added to, or removed from their wines. "We do not make use of any yeasts, acids, tannins, enzymes, or fining and filtering agents".
Information: Mullineux & Leeu Site