Winemaker Chris Williams is an award-winning winemaker from South Africa.

For 16 vintages he was cellarmaster at the heritage Stellenbosch wine estate, Meerlust. Today, Chris creates exceptional wines of the highest quality under The Foundry label. These wines are crafted using the best quality fruit sourced from the finest sites across the Cape region.

Chris’ winemaking style combines both traditional and modern techniques, to extract the finest expression of fruit and terroir. In the cellar, the goal is minimal intervention, allowing the grapes and the vintage to present their own unique character under the perfect conditions.

THE FOUNDRY GRENACHE BLANC 2022

PLATTER’S GUIDE 2024 –

5-STAR AWARD PLATTER’S GUIDE

2024 – BEST GRENACHE BLANC

VITICULTURE

Grown on Malmesbury shale and decomposed granite, these trellised vines allow us to precisely manage the canopy to enhance fruit, complexity and balance.

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. 55% was fermented in seasoned tight-grain French oak Allier and Compiègne hogsheads, and 45% of the wine in 500- and 1000-litre terracotta clay doliums preserving the crystalline purity and minerality of the wine before bottling after 7 months elevage on lees.