The Foundry Viognier 2007
The grapes are sourced from two vineyards, one on Malmesbury shale soils in the Wellington district of the Western Cape and the other in Faure, Stellenbosch on south facing slopes 2.5 km from False Bay.
The grapes were crushed and pressed and the free run Viognier juice settled overnight before being run into second-fill French oak white wine barrels. Half the barrels were inoculated while the other half underwent “wild”, un-inoculated fermentation. About half the wine underwent malolactic fermentation.
The wine was matured on the lees for 6 months before being bottled under Stelvin closure.
Tasting Notes:
Pale marigold in colour, clear and bright with a pronounced greenish hue. The nose is exotic with expressive apricot, spring blossom and creamy citrus underlined by a smoky, gunflint minerality. These flavours follow through onto the palate which is dense with crushed fresh fruit, succulent juiciness and finishes with a mineral steeliness which makes this wine ideal with food.
Alcohol: 13.7% TA: 6.1 g/l pH: 3.65 RS: 4 g/l
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The Foundry Viognier 2008
The Viognier is grown on a single vineyard, South Westerly slope about 3.5 km from False Bay which enjoys cool maritime on shore breezes from the Atlantic. The soils are granite-clay loams which restrict yield and allow for retention of acidity and varietal aroma.
The grapes were crushed and pressed and the free run Viognier juice settled overnight before being run into second-fill French oak white wine barrels. Half the barrels were inoculated while the other half underwent “wild”, un-inoculated fermentation. About half the wine underwent malolactic fermentation. The wine was matured on the lees for 6 months before being bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Pale marigold in colour, clear and bright with a pronounced greenish hue. The nose is exotic with expressive apricot, spring blossom and creamy citrus underlined by a smoky, gunflint minerality. These flavours follow through onto the palate which is dense with crushed fresh fruit, succulent juiciness and finishes with a mineral steeliness which makes this wine ideal with food.
Alcohol: 14% TA: 5.9 g/l pH: 3.55 RS: 4 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Viognier 2009
The Viognier is grown on a single vineyard, South Westerly slope about 3.5 km from False Bay which enjoys cool maritime on shore breezes from the Atlantic. The soils are granite-clay loams which restrict yield and allow for retention of acidity and varietal aroma.
The grapes were crushed and pressed and the free run Viognier juice settled overnight before being run into second-fill French oak white wine barrels. Half the barrels were inoculated while the other half underwent “wild”, un-inoculated fermentation. About half the wine underwent malolactic fermentation.
The wine was matured on the lees for five months before being bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Pale marigold in colour, clear and bright with a pronounced greenish hue. The nose is exotic with expressive apricot, spring blossom and creamy citrus underlined by a smoky, gunflint minerality. These flavours follow through onto the palate which is dense with crushed fresh fruit, succulent juiciness and finishes with a mineral steeliness which makes this wine ideal with food.
Alcohol: 13.5% TA: 6 g/l pH: 3.55 RS: 2 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Rousanne 2010 - MAIDEN RELEASE
Roussanne is one of the high quality white grapes of the Rhone valley and plays a key role in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Hermitage Blanc and Côte du Rhône Blanc. Rousanne adds aromatics, elegance and acidity as well as bottle age potential and development to Rhone blends. It is suited to warm growing areas, preserving varietal expression and acidity, even in hot conditions. In youth it will show more floral, herbal and fruit notes, such as pear, becoming nuttier with age.
The Foundry Roussanne vineyards, grown on the farm Fijndraai in Stellenbosch, on partially decomposed granite soils with low production per hectare, produces very small berries and quite tight bunches.
The wine has been barrel fermented in seasoned, tight grain Allier oak from central France and matured sur lie for 6 months.
Tasting Notes:
The Foundry Roussanne has a very distinct stone fruit and pebbly bouquet with hints of peach, pear and herbs. It is intense and linear on the palate with citrus and tropical fruit and balanced by a pronounced minerality and fresh acidity. The wine has a complex flavour profile underscored by finely woven texture and long finish.
Alcohol: 13 % RS 4.9 g/l TA 7 g/l pH 3.15
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2010
These grapes are sourced from our neighbour's vineyard at The Foundry's home farm in Voor Paardeberg and managed by Chris Williams. Grown on Malmesbury shale and decomposed granite, these trellised vines allow us to precisely manage the canopy to enhance fruit complexity and balance. A small crop was ripened under the ideal climactic conditions of 2010 and harvested at modest sugar levels but at full flavour ripeness to ensure lower alcohol but brighter acidity and freshness.
Hand harvested and cooled overnight, this was whole-bunch pressed to restrain phenolics, yet fermented with a high percentage of solids to give breadth and definition to the palate in seasoned tight grain hogsheads. Partial un-innoculated fermentation gives the palate a savoury dimension but the fruit is still vividly expressed. Barrel aged for six months before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2010 has lifted floral aromas with hints of lemon cream and white stone fruit. The palate is rich but restrained with focused, pure fruit, minerally mid palate and has a long finish with a citrus tang.
Alcohol: 14% TA: 6.0 g/l pH: 3.33 RS: 5 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2011
These grapes are sourced from our neighbour's vineyard at The Foundry's home farm in Voor Paardeberg and managed by Chris Williams. Grown on Malmesbury shale and decomposed granite, these trellised vines allow us to precisely manage the canopy to enhance fruit complexity and balance. A small crop was ripened and harvested at modest sugar levels but at full flavour ripeness to ensure lower alcohol but brighter acidity and freshness.
Hand harvested and cooled overnight, this was whole-bunch pressed to restrain phenolics, yet fermented with a high percentage of solids to give breadth and definition to the palate in seasoned tight grain hogsheads. Partial un-innoculated fermentation gives the palate a savoury dimension but the fruit is still vividly expressed. Barrel aged for five months before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2011 has lifted floral aromas with hints of lemon cream and white stone fruit. The palate is rich but restrained with focused, pure fruit, minerally mid palate and has a long finish with a citrus tang.
Alcohol: 13.5% TA: 6.0 g/l pH: 3.33 RS: 2.2 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Syrah 2005
These grapes were sourced from two growers in the Cape – located in Stellenbosch and Agter Paarl. The vineyards are planted on well drained, granite based soils and Malmesbury shale respectively. The vines are managed to retain a healthy balance between grape production and growth and the crop was reduced to approximately 5.5 tons per hectare. The mature vines are naturally low yielding and all damaged or unripe grapes were removed before harvest.
The grapes were de-stemmed and partially crushed directly into custom-made 5 ton stainless steel fermenters. Approximately 10% of the berries remained whole. The first half of fermentation was allowed to proceed naturally, while the second part was completed by neutral Rhone yeast. The cap was manually punched down twice a day at the beginning of fermentation and then pumped over for the remaining 4 days. At the end of fermentation the wine was pressed and the wine run directly to barrels. The wine underwent natural malolactic fermentation in oak. 300 l “hogsheads” were used and 14% of the barrels were new, the remainder were second fill. The wine received one racking during the first year of elevage. The best barrels were selected bottled after 17 months in oak, and bottle unfiltered.
Tasting Notes:
Deep, opaque purple-ruby in colour. The enticing perfumed bouquet is exotic with hints of wild herbs, plum fruit and a pronounced savoury and spicy character .The palate is intense and rich with generous ripe fruit and structured, silky tannins. There is a delicious, lingering, fruit and spice aftertaste.
Alcohol : 14.4% TA : 6.2g/l pH : 3.7 RS : 2g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Syrah 2006
The grapes were sourced from a single vineyard of Syrah situated only 4 km from False Bay on the chilly Atlantic Ocean. The vineyards are planted on low vigour, well drained, granitic origin soils. The vines are managed to retain a healthy balance between grape production and growth and the crop was reduced to 5 tons per hectare.
The mature vines are naturally low yielding and all damaged or unripe grapes were removed before harvest. The fruit was uniformly ripe and was picked on the basis of analysis, taste and vine physiology.
The grapes were de-stemmed and partially crushed directly into custom-made 5 ton stainless steel fermenters. Approximately 10% of the berries remained whole. The first half of fermentation was allowed to proceed naturally, while the second part was completed by neutral Rhone yeast. The cap was manually punched down twice a day at the beginning of fermentation and then pumped over for the remaining 2 days. At the end of fermentation the wine was pressed and the wine run directly to barrels. The pressed wine was kept separate. The wine underwent natural malolactic fermentation in oak. 300 l “hogsheads” were used and 18% of the barrels were new, the remainder were second fill. The wine received one racking during the first year of elevage. The best barrels were selected bottled after 14 months in oak, and bottle unfiltered.
Tasting Notes:
Deep, opaque purple-ruby in colour. The enticing perfumed bouquet is exotic with hints of wild herbs, plum fruit and a pronounced savoury and spicy character .The palate is intense and rich with generous ripe fruit and structured, silky tannins. There is a delicious, lingering, fruit and spice aftertaste.
Alcohol : 14.4% TA : 6.1g/l pH : 3.6 RS : 2g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Syrah 2007
The grapes were sourced from a single vineyard of Syrah situated only 4 km from False Bay on the chilly Atlantic Ocean. The vineyards are planted on low vigour, well drained, granitic origin soils. The vines are managed to retain a healthy balance between grape production and growth and the crop was reduced to 5 tons per hectare.
The mature vines are naturally low yielding and all damaged or unripe grapes were removed before harvest. The fruit was uniformly ripe and was picked on the basis of analysis, taste and vine physiology.
The grapes were de-stemmed and partially crushed directly into custom-made 5 ton stainless steel fermenters. Approximately 10% of the berries remained whole. The first half of fermentation was allowed to proceed naturally, while the second part was completed by neutral Rhone yeast.
The cap was manually punched down twice a day at the beginning of fermentation and then pumped over for the remaining 2 days. At the end of fermentation the wine was pressed and the wine run directly to barrels. The pressed wine was kept separate.
The wine underwent natural malolactic fermentation in oak. 300 l “hogsheads” were used and 14% of the barrels were new, the remainder were second fill. It received one racking during the first year of elevage and only the best barrels were selected and bottled after 16 months in oak. The wine was bottled unfiltered and consequently might throw a harmless deposit in the bottle.
Tasting Notes:
Deep, opaque purple-ruby in colour. The enticing perfumed bouquet is exotic with hints of wild herbs, plum fruit and a pronounced savoury and spicy character .The palate is intense and rich with generous ripe fruit and structured, silky tannins. There is a delicious, lingering, fruit and spice aftertaste.
Alcohol : 14% TA : 5.8g/l pH : 3.55 RS : 2g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
For more information please contact:
Rachel Erasmus – 082 972 1360 / info@thefoundry.co.za / www.thefoundry.co.za
The grapes are sourced from two vineyards, one on Malmesbury shale soils in the Wellington district of the Western Cape and the other in Faure, Stellenbosch on south facing slopes 2.5 km from False Bay.
The grapes were crushed and pressed and the free run Viognier juice settled overnight before being run into second-fill French oak white wine barrels. Half the barrels were inoculated while the other half underwent “wild”, un-inoculated fermentation. About half the wine underwent malolactic fermentation.
The wine was matured on the lees for 6 months before being bottled under Stelvin closure.
Tasting Notes:
Pale marigold in colour, clear and bright with a pronounced greenish hue. The nose is exotic with expressive apricot, spring blossom and creamy citrus underlined by a smoky, gunflint minerality. These flavours follow through onto the palate which is dense with crushed fresh fruit, succulent juiciness and finishes with a mineral steeliness which makes this wine ideal with food.
Alcohol: 13.7% TA: 6.1 g/l pH: 3.65 RS: 4 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Viognier 2008
The Viognier is grown on a single vineyard, South Westerly slope about 3.5 km from False Bay which enjoys cool maritime on shore breezes from the Atlantic. The soils are granite-clay loams which restrict yield and allow for retention of acidity and varietal aroma.
The grapes were crushed and pressed and the free run Viognier juice settled overnight before being run into second-fill French oak white wine barrels. Half the barrels were inoculated while the other half underwent “wild”, un-inoculated fermentation. About half the wine underwent malolactic fermentation. The wine was matured on the lees for 6 months before being bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Pale marigold in colour, clear and bright with a pronounced greenish hue. The nose is exotic with expressive apricot, spring blossom and creamy citrus underlined by a smoky, gunflint minerality. These flavours follow through onto the palate which is dense with crushed fresh fruit, succulent juiciness and finishes with a mineral steeliness which makes this wine ideal with food.
Alcohol: 14% TA: 5.9 g/l pH: 3.55 RS: 4 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Viognier 2009
The Viognier is grown on a single vineyard, South Westerly slope about 3.5 km from False Bay which enjoys cool maritime on shore breezes from the Atlantic. The soils are granite-clay loams which restrict yield and allow for retention of acidity and varietal aroma.
The grapes were crushed and pressed and the free run Viognier juice settled overnight before being run into second-fill French oak white wine barrels. Half the barrels were inoculated while the other half underwent “wild”, un-inoculated fermentation. About half the wine underwent malolactic fermentation.
The wine was matured on the lees for five months before being bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Pale marigold in colour, clear and bright with a pronounced greenish hue. The nose is exotic with expressive apricot, spring blossom and creamy citrus underlined by a smoky, gunflint minerality. These flavours follow through onto the palate which is dense with crushed fresh fruit, succulent juiciness and finishes with a mineral steeliness which makes this wine ideal with food.
Alcohol: 13.5% TA: 6 g/l pH: 3.55 RS: 2 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Rousanne 2010 - MAIDEN RELEASE
Roussanne is one of the high quality white grapes of the Rhone valley and plays a key role in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Hermitage Blanc and Côte du Rhône Blanc. Rousanne adds aromatics, elegance and acidity as well as bottle age potential and development to Rhone blends. It is suited to warm growing areas, preserving varietal expression and acidity, even in hot conditions. In youth it will show more floral, herbal and fruit notes, such as pear, becoming nuttier with age.
The Foundry Roussanne vineyards, grown on the farm Fijndraai in Stellenbosch, on partially decomposed granite soils with low production per hectare, produces very small berries and quite tight bunches.
The wine has been barrel fermented in seasoned, tight grain Allier oak from central France and matured sur lie for 6 months.
Tasting Notes:
The Foundry Roussanne has a very distinct stone fruit and pebbly bouquet with hints of peach, pear and herbs. It is intense and linear on the palate with citrus and tropical fruit and balanced by a pronounced minerality and fresh acidity. The wine has a complex flavour profile underscored by finely woven texture and long finish.
Alcohol: 13 % RS 4.9 g/l TA 7 g/l pH 3.15
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2010
These grapes are sourced from our neighbour's vineyard at The Foundry's home farm in Voor Paardeberg and managed by Chris Williams. Grown on Malmesbury shale and decomposed granite, these trellised vines allow us to precisely manage the canopy to enhance fruit complexity and balance. A small crop was ripened under the ideal climactic conditions of 2010 and harvested at modest sugar levels but at full flavour ripeness to ensure lower alcohol but brighter acidity and freshness.
Hand harvested and cooled overnight, this was whole-bunch pressed to restrain phenolics, yet fermented with a high percentage of solids to give breadth and definition to the palate in seasoned tight grain hogsheads. Partial un-innoculated fermentation gives the palate a savoury dimension but the fruit is still vividly expressed. Barrel aged for six months before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2010 has lifted floral aromas with hints of lemon cream and white stone fruit. The palate is rich but restrained with focused, pure fruit, minerally mid palate and has a long finish with a citrus tang.
Alcohol: 14% TA: 6.0 g/l pH: 3.33 RS: 5 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2011
These grapes are sourced from our neighbour's vineyard at The Foundry's home farm in Voor Paardeberg and managed by Chris Williams. Grown on Malmesbury shale and decomposed granite, these trellised vines allow us to precisely manage the canopy to enhance fruit complexity and balance. A small crop was ripened and harvested at modest sugar levels but at full flavour ripeness to ensure lower alcohol but brighter acidity and freshness.
Hand harvested and cooled overnight, this was whole-bunch pressed to restrain phenolics, yet fermented with a high percentage of solids to give breadth and definition to the palate in seasoned tight grain hogsheads. Partial un-innoculated fermentation gives the palate a savoury dimension but the fruit is still vividly expressed. Barrel aged for five months before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2011 has lifted floral aromas with hints of lemon cream and white stone fruit. The palate is rich but restrained with focused, pure fruit, minerally mid palate and has a long finish with a citrus tang.
Alcohol: 13.5% TA: 6.0 g/l pH: 3.33 RS: 2.2 g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Syrah 2005
These grapes were sourced from two growers in the Cape – located in Stellenbosch and Agter Paarl. The vineyards are planted on well drained, granite based soils and Malmesbury shale respectively. The vines are managed to retain a healthy balance between grape production and growth and the crop was reduced to approximately 5.5 tons per hectare. The mature vines are naturally low yielding and all damaged or unripe grapes were removed before harvest.
The grapes were de-stemmed and partially crushed directly into custom-made 5 ton stainless steel fermenters. Approximately 10% of the berries remained whole. The first half of fermentation was allowed to proceed naturally, while the second part was completed by neutral Rhone yeast. The cap was manually punched down twice a day at the beginning of fermentation and then pumped over for the remaining 4 days. At the end of fermentation the wine was pressed and the wine run directly to barrels. The wine underwent natural malolactic fermentation in oak. 300 l “hogsheads” were used and 14% of the barrels were new, the remainder were second fill. The wine received one racking during the first year of elevage. The best barrels were selected bottled after 17 months in oak, and bottle unfiltered.
Tasting Notes:
Deep, opaque purple-ruby in colour. The enticing perfumed bouquet is exotic with hints of wild herbs, plum fruit and a pronounced savoury and spicy character .The palate is intense and rich with generous ripe fruit and structured, silky tannins. There is a delicious, lingering, fruit and spice aftertaste.
Alcohol : 14.4% TA : 6.2g/l pH : 3.7 RS : 2g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Syrah 2006
The grapes were sourced from a single vineyard of Syrah situated only 4 km from False Bay on the chilly Atlantic Ocean. The vineyards are planted on low vigour, well drained, granitic origin soils. The vines are managed to retain a healthy balance between grape production and growth and the crop was reduced to 5 tons per hectare.
The mature vines are naturally low yielding and all damaged or unripe grapes were removed before harvest. The fruit was uniformly ripe and was picked on the basis of analysis, taste and vine physiology.
The grapes were de-stemmed and partially crushed directly into custom-made 5 ton stainless steel fermenters. Approximately 10% of the berries remained whole. The first half of fermentation was allowed to proceed naturally, while the second part was completed by neutral Rhone yeast. The cap was manually punched down twice a day at the beginning of fermentation and then pumped over for the remaining 2 days. At the end of fermentation the wine was pressed and the wine run directly to barrels. The pressed wine was kept separate. The wine underwent natural malolactic fermentation in oak. 300 l “hogsheads” were used and 18% of the barrels were new, the remainder were second fill. The wine received one racking during the first year of elevage. The best barrels were selected bottled after 14 months in oak, and bottle unfiltered.
Tasting Notes:
Deep, opaque purple-ruby in colour. The enticing perfumed bouquet is exotic with hints of wild herbs, plum fruit and a pronounced savoury and spicy character .The palate is intense and rich with generous ripe fruit and structured, silky tannins. There is a delicious, lingering, fruit and spice aftertaste.
Alcohol : 14.4% TA : 6.1g/l pH : 3.6 RS : 2g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
The Foundry Syrah 2007
The grapes were sourced from a single vineyard of Syrah situated only 4 km from False Bay on the chilly Atlantic Ocean. The vineyards are planted on low vigour, well drained, granitic origin soils. The vines are managed to retain a healthy balance between grape production and growth and the crop was reduced to 5 tons per hectare.
The mature vines are naturally low yielding and all damaged or unripe grapes were removed before harvest. The fruit was uniformly ripe and was picked on the basis of analysis, taste and vine physiology.
The grapes were de-stemmed and partially crushed directly into custom-made 5 ton stainless steel fermenters. Approximately 10% of the berries remained whole. The first half of fermentation was allowed to proceed naturally, while the second part was completed by neutral Rhone yeast.
The cap was manually punched down twice a day at the beginning of fermentation and then pumped over for the remaining 2 days. At the end of fermentation the wine was pressed and the wine run directly to barrels. The pressed wine was kept separate.
The wine underwent natural malolactic fermentation in oak. 300 l “hogsheads” were used and 14% of the barrels were new, the remainder were second fill. It received one racking during the first year of elevage and only the best barrels were selected and bottled after 16 months in oak. The wine was bottled unfiltered and consequently might throw a harmless deposit in the bottle.
Tasting Notes:
Deep, opaque purple-ruby in colour. The enticing perfumed bouquet is exotic with hints of wild herbs, plum fruit and a pronounced savoury and spicy character .The palate is intense and rich with generous ripe fruit and structured, silky tannins. There is a delicious, lingering, fruit and spice aftertaste.
Alcohol : 14% TA : 5.8g/l pH : 3.55 RS : 2g/l
Download the tasting notes here...
For more information please contact:
Rachel Erasmus – 082 972 1360 / info@thefoundry.co.za / www.thefoundry.co.za
2008 Vintage
4 Stars
2011 Platter
4 Stars
2011 Platter
2010 Vintage
4 1/2 Stars
2012 Platter
4 1/2 Stars
2012 Platter
4 1/2 Stars
2012 Platter
2012 Platter
