2015 Leeu Passant Chardonnay Elandskloof Mullineux & Leeu

Very rich intense opulent nose, layers of pineapple pastille fruits, green apple and green citrus crunch. All natural ferment with indigenous yeasts, and all natural malolactics. Complex sweet green fruits, subtle creamy oak from 12 months ageing and another 10 months in bottle. The palate is taught, fresh and crunchy, some waxy white peach notes, flinty minerality and a noticeably cool, restrained dry finish. Plenty of power with animated subtlety.

Quartz hails from white soils on the Kasteelberg and shows what Andrea Mullineux calls the "energy of reflected light". Leesy, richer and slightly riper than the Granite Chenin, it has pear and nectarine fruit and supporting acidity. 2019-25.