Jan van Riebeeck first brought vines to the Cape. He and chief gardener, Hendrik Boom, produced the first wine in the Company Gardens, still an urban haven in the centre of present day Cape Town.
Simon Van der Stel, with permission to start his own farm, immediately ventured off to uncover the most favourable wine growing area in the Western Cape. Men were put to work, digging up baskets of soil from Table Bay to Muizenberg, each sample sen...
The concept of “terroir” has a strong influence on the character of wine produced at Klein Constantia, with soil and climatic conditions ideal for producing grapes with ample fruit flavours. Situated between 70 metres and 343 metres above sea level, with a constant sea breeze above 150 metres, temperatures remain cool, preserving the fruit during ripening. With the ocean a mere 10 kilometres away, the wind plays an important factor, too, often...
Our Estate range elegantly expresses the unique terroir of the Constantia Valley, with a portfolio that includes one of the Cape’s top Sauvignon Blancs, a Riesling, a Méthode Cap Classique Brut, and an excellent Cabernet Sauvignon. In some years an Estate Shiraz and Chardonnay are also produced.
In 2005, a unique Sauvignon Blanc vineyard block called ‘The Perdeblok’ (Afrikaans for ‘horse’s block’) was bottled separately for the first t...
Klein Constantia is custodian to some of the most historic vineyards in South Africa and, indeed, the world. The unique location, climate and soils of our estate call for the making of terroir-driven wines, and it is to this principle that we are deeply committed.
Simple winemaking techniques are used to extract the best from grapes grown in expertly nurtured vineyards in the aim of making consistently excellent wines. We strive to produce ...
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