R240,00 | 750mL
Susanne Foucher is a wine of harmony. A composed red blend that brings together the structure of Cabernet Sauvignon, the generosity of Malbec, and the aromatic lift of Cabernet Franc. It represents the family story not as a single voice, but as a gathering of elements: strength, softness, perfume, patience, and memory.
This is La Luandière’s most complete red expression. Built for ageing, it is shaped by careful blending and patient maturation, allowing each cultivar to contribute without dominating. Cabernet Sauvignon gives backbone and longevity, Malbec brings roundness and balance, and Cabernet Franc lends freshness, fragrance, and grace.
Tasting Note
Vibrant garnet sheen with a ruby tint. The nose reveals ripe berries, dried herbs and some dark cherry. The palate is layered and composed, with cranberry and spices. There is both power and restraint here — a wine that will soften, deepen, and become more complex with time in the bottle.
Susanne Foucher is built through selection and patience. Each component is vinified to express its own character before blending, allowing structure, fruit, and aromatic detail to come together naturally. French oak maturation frames the wine, while extended bottle ageing allows the blend to settle into balance before release.
This wine carries the spirit of inheritance: different elements held together by time, care, and intention. It is made not only to be enjoyed, but to be kept — to mark dinners, seasons, anniversaries, and family gatherings. With age, its youthful fruit will give way to spice, earth, and graceful charm.
- Wine: Susanne Foucher
- Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc
- Origin: Paarl, Western Cape
- Vineyard: Selected red vineyard parcels from La Luandière
- Soil: Predominantly sandy clay loam
- Winemaking: Minimal intervention, traditional handling, careful blending
- Maturation: 12 Months in 100% French Oak | 24 Months Matured in Bottle
- Style: Structured, layered, elegant Bordeaux-style red blend
- Serving Temperature: 16–18°C
- Cellaring Potential: 12–18 years
Wines are made not only for the moment of drinking, but for patience, memory, and time.
At La Luandière, the wines are made with an old-world understanding of time. They are not rushed into early charm or shaped for immediate applause. Each wine is allowed to carry the rhythm of the farm: the warmth of Paarl, the cooling breath from the Klein Drakenstein Mountains, the quiet strength of the soils, and the patience of traditional cellar work.
Our winemaking philosophy is one of minimal intervention, careful extraction, and long maturation. Fermentation is handled gently, with respect for the fruit and the natural structure of each cultivar. The wines are matured in French oak for approximately twelve months, then given further time in bottle before release. This extended ageing allows the wines to settle, integrate, and reveal themselves slowly.
These are wines made to age — not simply to survive time, but to become more complete through it. With patience, the fruit softens, the tannins become finer, the oak folds into the wine, and the deeper notes of earth, spice, and dried herbs begin to emerge.
Susanne Souchay brings together the farm’s red blend varieties into a wine of harmony, structure, and inheritance. Cabernet Sauvignon contributes backbone, depth, and dark fruit; Malbec brings softness, roundness, and generosity; Cabernet Franc adds perfume, freshness, and fine aromatic detail.
The components are shaped by Paarl’s warm days, the cooling influence of the Klein Drakenstein Mountains, and the farm’s structured sandy clay loam soils. This combination gives the blend its richness, but also its balance. It is generous without being excessive, firm without being severe.
Vibrant garnet sheen on a muted ruby tint, this is just mid-depth and very attractive. There are ripe berry notes on the nose, some dark cherry, dried herbs and suggestions of foraging for winter fruits, it is graceful and restrained somewhat, which adds to its allure.
Flavours are of cranberry, wild and mildly spiced stewed berry compote, warm and generous, but what strikes first is the seamless and silky mouthfeel, it is beautifully balanced.
Tannins are soft and so fine, the wine is full but not overdone, there is a graceful charm that gradually reveals itself beyond an obviously impressive entry, a wine which endears itself rather than flatters to deceive.
Sleek, harmonious and with invisible alcohol and oak supporting rather than leading, this is a very fine wine, approachable in youth but with the quality to age nicely.
This is a wine made for the table, for conversation, for family gatherings, and for future occasions. It carries the warmth of Paarl, the discipline of traditional winemaking, and the patience of a family story still unfolding.
