Grenache Blanc 2021

Vinbeskrivelse

The Foundry’s Grenache Blanc er blevet anerkendt som Sydafrikas bedste hvidvin og har hvert år siden givet en enestående vinoplevelse.

Den har en lys strågul farve og åbner med delikate aromaer af hvide blomster, grønne æbler, pærer og subtile hints af citrusfrugter. På ganen afsløres en elegant balance mellem frugtighed og frisk syre, der er understøttet af en let mineralitet og en silkeblød tekstur.

Grenache Blanc er kendt for sin evne til at levere både struktur og friskhed, og denne vin fra The Foundry demonstrerer netop dette med sin komplekse dybde og langvarige finish. Den er perfekt som ledsager til lette fiske- og skaldyrsretter, men kan også nydes alene som en raffineret aperitif.

The Foundry har formået at bringe en moderne, sydafrikansk fortolkning af denne klassiske drue til nye højder, og vinens mange priser bekræfter dens høje kvalitet og popularitet blandt vinelskere verden over.

The Foundry Granche Blanc 2021

Tasting:
The Foundry Grenache Blanc 2021 has lifted floral aromas with hints of lemon cream and white stone fruit. The palate is rich but restrained. There is focused, pure fruit, minerally mid palate with characteristic rich, fleshy mouthfeel and texture and has a long finish with a citrus tang.

Viticulture:
These grapes are sourced from our neighbours 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 2014. Harvested at modest sugar levels but at full flavour ripeness to ensure lower alcohol but brighter acidity and freshness.

Vinification:
Hand harvested and cooled overnight, this was whole -bunch pressed to restrain phenolics, yet was fermented with a high percentage of solids to give breadth and definition to the palate. Fermented in seasoned tight grain French Oak Allier hogsheads. The partial un-innoculated fermentation has given the palate a savoury dimension but the fruit is still vividly expressed. Barrel aged for seven months before bottling.

Alcohol: 13.5vol %
Total Acid: 5.9 g/l
pH: 3.25
RS: 2.1 g/l