Description
In 2013, husband and wife team, Chris and Andrea Mullineux, partnered with Analjit Singh (BAS) and started the Leeu Passant winery on Analjit’s stunning Leeu Estates in Franschhoek. Leeu Passant is focused on expressing the South African landscape and climate as well as celebrating South African winemaking and viticultural heritage by working with some of the Cape’s oldest and most exciting vineyards.
Leeu Passant Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon – grapes from the Helderberg were destemmed into tanks with only a minimal addition of sulphur. Fermentation commenced naturally with indigenous yeast, followed by daily cap management over a period of roughly 14 days, and an extended maceration thereafter. The wine was then drained and pressed into barrels, where it remained until the latter part of winter, when it received its first racking and blending. Initially matured in 500L French oak barrels, of which a third were new, then racked and blended into larger format oak for another sixteen months prior to bottling.
