Name: Madame Souchay
SKU: 166
Availability: InStock

R240,00 | 750mL

A living tribute to Anne Souchay, La Luandière’s founding matriarch, this Chenin Blanc speaks of quiet strength, refinement, and endurance. Drawn from old vines rooted near the river and the old manor house, Madame Souchay carries both the memory of the Loire and the sunlit generosity of Paarl.

This is not a fleeting white wine made only for immediate pleasure. It is crafted with patience, texture, and longevity in mind a Chenin Blanc made to age gracefully and be savoured for up to twelve years. This is not a fleeting white wine created simply for immediate enjoyment. It is crafted with patience, texture and longevity in mind, a Chenin Blanc made to age gracefully and be savoured for up to twelve years. This is not a fleeting white wine created simply for immediate enjoyment. It is crafted with patience, texture and longevity in mind, a Chenin Blanc designed to age gracefully and be savoured for up to twelve years. Serious and premium in character, it is built to endure, offering remarkable complexity and viscosity while remaining refined, stylish and irresistibly seductive.

Tasting Note

Glossy pale gold in the glass, Madame Souchay opens with aromatic nose of biscuit, tangerine and caramel. The palate is layered and quietly powerful, with ripe stone fruit, honey, marmalade and dried peaches and cream. Extended lees contact gives the wine a creamy, almost waxen texture, while bright natural acidity keeps the finish lifted, precise, and elegant.

Provenance
& Patient Craft

The Chenin Blanc vines grow in sandy loam soils close to the river, where the land offers both drainage and gentle moisture retention. These old vines produce fruit with natural concentration, texture, and freshness.
In the cellar, the wine is handled with restraint. Minimal intervention allows the character of the vineyard to remain central. Careful maturation builds texture and quiet complexity, while bottle ageing gives the wine time to settle into itself before release.
At La Luandière, ageing is part of the making. Madame Souchay is crafted to move beyond youthful fruit into deeper layers of honey, wax, citrus, and mineral texture over time.

The Vintner’s
Reflections

Madame Souchay is the most delicate of the four wines, but not the simplest. It carries the feminine strength of the La Luandière story — gentle at first, then increasingly layered and enduring.
In youth, it is lifted and luminous. With time, it becomes broader, more savoury and more contemplative. It reminds us that beauty does not always announce itself loudly; sometimes it gathers slowly, like memory.