Best Wine Farms in the Durbanville Wine Valley 2023

The great Durbanville wine farms within the rolling hills of this improbable wine-producing space are a improbable day journey from Cape City. Positioned simply 30 kilometers from town middle Durbanville is an effective different to the wine farms of Constantia for wine tasting. See our detailed information to wine tasting from Cape City.

What wines ought to I style in Durbanville? – Durbanville is legendary for glorious Sauvignon Blanc, Bordeaux blends, and Pinotage wines constituted of grapes grown on this cooler area near the Atlantic Ocean. 

The Durbanville wine farms provide a few of the greatest views of Desk Mountain out there, a wonderful backdrop for tasting some top-quality wines.

Positioned within the coronary heart of wine nation with vineyards planted as early as 1702 Durbanville is among the oldest wine-producing areas within the nation. On this article we have a look at the best way to go wine tasting round Durbanville; the improbable wine farms, particular wines, some nice meals pairings, glorious property eating places, and a few superior actions to not miss.

Should you’re planning to discover different areas of Cape Winelands don’t miss the well-known wine farms of Stellenbosch and discover out what to do in Franschhoek apart from wine tasting.

Exploring espresso and wine whereas touring is a ardour for us, don’t miss our information to the greatest espresso outlets in Cape City in case you are a caffeine junkie!

What wines ought to I style in Durbanville? – Durbanville is legendary for glorious Sauvignon Blanc, Bordeaux blends, and Pinotage wines constituted of grapes grown on this cooler area. 

The Durbanville wine farms provide a few of the greatest views of Desk Mountain out there, a wonderful backdrop for tasting some fine quality wines.

Positioned within the coronary heart of wine nation with vineyards planted as early as 1702 Durbanville is among the oldest wine-producing areas within the nation. On this article we have a look at the best way to go wine tasting round Durbanville; the improbable wine farms, particular wines, some nice meals pairings, glorious property eating places, and a few superior actions to not miss.

Wine Excursions on the Durbanville Wine Route

 Wine Tasting Non-public Tour via Durbanville Winelands Decide up at Cape City lodging.

– African Story Wine Tour is a well-liked, highly-rated wine tour within the Cape Winelands

Paarl, Franschhoek, and Stellenbosch

go to 4 totally different wineries

resort pickup, and round-trip transport from Cape City

Doing an organized wine tour clearly offers you much less freedom, however you may study lots from a educated information, it is vitally handy, and the largest benefit is you do not want a chosen driver. Self-drive is the most typical approach to discover the Durbanville wine route with restricted firms providing wine excursions, however they’re out there.

Suggestions for tasting within the Durbanville Wine Valley

Tasting venues get very busy on weekends and public holidays, we want to go throughout the week.

The water within the space is brackish, some farms provide mineral water on the market, you should buy water, drink brackish water, or deliver your personal.

Share a tasting, in the event you simply wish to style the wines we discovered one tasting is lots for 2 folks and we purchase a bottle of our favourite to take dwelling.

Ebook your tasting in case you are a gaggle, go tasting on a weekend or vacation, or you probably have a selected request.

Renting a automobile, or self-drive is the best way to go within the valley. Our favourite automobile leases in Cape City

Attempt a few of the meals pairings, there are some fascinating meals pairings on totally different farms that deliver out distinctive traits from these glorious wines.

Discover the property eating places, many of the farms have improbable eating places with wonderful views and top-quality meals.

Carry the children, a few of the farms cater to the entire household with huge lawns, huge playgrounds, biking routes, and nice pizzas.

A number of the wine estates have reside music over weekends, that is nice enjoyable with superior native bands enjoying exterior in a good looking setting.

Durbanville Wine Farms

The wine areas of South Africa are outlined geographically by a Wine of Origin system that’s proven on the wine labels.  The Wine of Origin District ‘Cape City’ incorporates a complete of 30 wine farms and is split into the wards Durbanville, Constantia, Philadelphia, and Hout Bay. Wards divide wine-growing areas by distinctive terroir traits reminiscent of local weather, panorama, and soil sort that have an effect on grape and wine high quality. There are 12 wine farms within the Durbanville ward.

Durbanville Hills

The award-winning Durbanville Hills wine property might be the best-known vineyard on the Durbanville wine route, situated solely about 20 minutes drive from Cape City’s metropolis centre. The trendy tasting room with spectacular views of Desk Mountain and Desk Bay could be very in style providing about 100 000 tasting per yr.

Seven outstanding grape growers within the Durbanville district teamed up with Distell to construct the Durbanville Hills cellar and make their very own wines; at this time they’re 9 companions. A few of these farms began producing grapes within the early 1700s, however the first classic of wine produced in Durbanville Hills was in 1999.

Wine Tasting at Durbanville Hills

The trendy tasting room has improbable views of Desk Mountain, Desk Bay, Robben Island, and Cape City. On a pleasant day tasting wine exterior is as nice as observing the vineyards of the Durbanville wine valley and the ocean. In winter the hearth inside makes it very cozy. The spectacular tasting room has floor-to-ceiling glass for viewing the cellar. The big venue incorporates the wine tasting space, restaurant, assembly rooms, and a store, with massive home windows and a balcony.

There are a lot of types of tasting on provide right here, together with a wide range of meals and wine pairings. 

Award-winning wines to style – Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve Cableway Chardonnay 2018, Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve Cape Mist Sauvignon Blanc 2019, Durbanville Hills Caapmans Cabernet Merlot 2006

Durbanville Hills Wine Pairings

The Chocolate Wine Pairing – A chocolatier from Knysna created artisan goodies particularly to enrich the aroma, taste, and general mouthfeel of particular wines.

The Cheese pairing combines full-bodied wines with sturdy and flavorful cheeses. The Biltong pairing is a uniquely South African meals expertise. Biltong is a sort of cured meat from totally different origins, normally beef or sport. This tasting pairs dried fruits and biltong with well-suited wines. 

Actions at Durbanville Hills

Desk Mountain Wine Safari – Throughout this wine-tasting tour you’re taken in a safari automobile on some winding routes round Desk Mountain on lesser-driven roads closed to the general public to some particular spots for nice views of the ocean, mountains, and Cape City space tasting wines with a choice of snacks on the route. 

Cellar Excursions – a tour of the cellar is accessible together with a Crystal tasting.

For youngsters, Durbanville Hills has an out of doors youngsters’ play space, with a jungle fitness center and a giant garden to run round and play when you take pleasure in your tasting. 

The restaurant at Durbanville Hills

The award-winning Durbanville Hills Vineyard Restaurant is called Tangram (the identify of a flagship wine made right here). High-quality eating with spectacular views of Cape City displaying off at sundown.  The modern setting of Tangram restaurant provides lovely panoramic views of Desk Mountain, Desk Bay, and the vineyards of the Durbanville wine valley. Ebook forward.

Ebook a tasting or desk – Durbanville Hills +27 (0)21 558 1300

Durbanville Hills with Kids

Wine lovers don´t have to depart the children at dwelling. There’s a nice play space with swings, a big, trendy climbing body, and grass the place the children can play. Typically over weekends there may be reside music on this out of doors space.  

Klein Roosboom

For a singular wine-tasting expertise on the Durbanville wine route don’t miss Klein Roosboom Wine Farm. The boutique vineyard describes itself as ‘Cape City’s best-kept secret’, I’m not going to argue with them. It’s troublesome to face out on this wine route; blessed with glorious terroir, many farms producing phenomenal wines, loads of nice views of Desk Mountain, distinctive wine-tasting rooms and lots of high-quality eating places. The wine tasting in outdated cement fermentation tanks became personal little tasting rooms, superbly embellished is a very particular expertise at this wine farm. They prolong the distinctive expertise to Jéan Restaurant the place you may have a desk set contained in the vineyards of Klein Roosboom.

Wine tasting at Klein Roosboom

We actually loved the wines made by Karin De Villiers, winemaker and proprietor at Klein Roosboom vineyard. A lot of the wines have been named after a member of the family with letters written to that particular particular person as again labels, take a while to learn them, it’s very nice. If you need one thing to nibble on there are some good platters out there, you may also order a picnic basket for two full of goodies to take pleasure in someplace on this lovely property.

Wine Tasting at Klein Roosboom, one thing distinctive!

The wines at Klein Roosboom are nice, however the star of the tasting was the expertise of the personal tasting within the outdated fermentation tank uniquely embellished. Every room is an outdated concrete wine vat transformed into a shocking little tasting room. You may nonetheless expertise the wine and see and really feel outdated wine crystallization on the partitions.

Each room is uniquely embellished with a special theme. Aside from the wine tank rooms there are tables inside and outdoors for tasting. The tasting was effectively introduced by the pleasant, educated workers. It will get busy on weekends and in season, so if you’d like a comfortable personal wine-tasting room at these occasions e book your Klein Roosboom wine-tasting forward.

Award-winning wines to style – Klein Roosboom Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2019

Jean Deli

The situation and magnificence of this glass constructing within the vineyards of Klein Roosboom is beautiful. Named after Karin’s late husband, the décor is imaginative and relaxed, and evaluations of Chef Lorianne Heyns and her group’s dishes and creativity are improbable. The restaurant focuses on native, farm-fresh, and natural produce. There are some tables and umbrellas within the winery which might be an important expertise to take a seat and luxuriate in a glass of wine or meals from the restaurant.

Issues to do at Klein Roosboom Vineyard

Go on a Social gathering Bike Journey – the bike is definitely a 12-seat automobile with a mix of pedal energy and an electrical motor. Cruising via the winery for two hours you may take a snack field or some wine and there will likely be a number of tasting factors on the cruise.

Carry the children -Klein Roosboom has a pleasant play space with a jungle fitness center and slide that lands in a sandpit 

Make a booking- Klein Roosboom

Wine Tasting Room+27 (0)60 877 2678 JÉAN Deli +27 (0)79 693 9646

De Grendel

Relating to wonderful views of Desk Mountain, seeing our favourite mountain behind the vineyards of the Durbanville wine valley from the wine farm De Grendel was our primary selection. This lovely venue continues to be an actual farm, driving to the tasting room you move cattle grazing on flower-strewn meadows. De Grendel is blessed with sea views, cool ocean breezes, and misty nights; good circumstances for producing top-quality Sauvignon Blanc wines. Among the best wine farms within the coronary heart of the Durbanville wine valley. 

Wine Tasting at De Grendel

Wine Tasting at De Grendel Wine Property is a good expertise. The relaxed, however upmarket ambiance and pleasant, educated workers create an important environment for wine tasting. The wines are improbable. De Grendel has two tasting areas, a good looking tasting room with huge home windows, in addition to a beautiful deck, each provide wonderful views of Desk Mountain.

I can advocate the flagship tasting, the ‘Op die berg’ Chardonnay and the ‘Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc’ have been improbable and effectively priced (we took a Koetshuis dwelling) and don’t miss the Rubayat Bordeaux mix.

Award-winning wines to style – De Grendel Op die Berg Chardonnay 2018, De Grendel Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc 2019, De Grendel Op die Berg Pinot Noir 2017, De Grendel Rubaiyat 2016 (Pink Mix)

Open for tasting – Monday to Saturday: 9 am to five pm, Sunday and Public Holidays: 10 am to 4 pm

De Grendel Restaurant

The De Grendel restaurant is a highly-rated advantageous eating restaurant. The inside of the restaurant is gorgeous providing beautiful views via massive home windows, chef Ian Bergh is seen from behind the glass in his kitchen. Dishes are all designed to enrich wines of their glorious vary and are ready from domestically sourced substances. The menu adjustments typically primarily based on the supply of native farm-sourced substances.

For lunch, select from the two- or three-course choices, with non-compulsory wine pairings.

The favored restaurant is commonly totally booked weeks forward. The spectacular view of Desk Mountain from this prestigious wine farm is to not be missed!

Reservation advisable – Tel: 021 558 6280 Bookings De Grendel

Meerendal

Meerendal wine property is one in all only some wine farms in South Africa that may declare it has been bottling wine below the present identify of the property for greater than 50 years. The farm is greater than 300 years outdated and the primary grape vines have been planted right here in 1714. Till 1969 all of the wine nonetheless went into anonymous barrels on the KWV cooperative cellar. In 1969 Shiraz and Pinotage was bottled below the Meerland model. Meerendal was one of many first farms to plant Pinotage and at this time they produce Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinotage, Shiraz, Merlot, and Pinot Noir grapes and wines.

There may be lots to do at Meerendal property, it options two eating places, a wine tasting room, some glorious mountain biking, and path working trails, and even a wine academy!

Wine Tasting at Meerendal

Meerendal has a small tasting room, with some tasting tables and a bar space, out of doors seating is feasible. The tasting was effectively introduced. There are two tasting choices out there.

Award-winning wines to style – Meerendal Intensio Pinotage 2017, Meerendal Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Eating places at Meerendal

 Meerendal has Bossa Nova on the farm! It is a in style franchise restaurant with an important social vibe. Pizzas, burgers, steaks and extra. This Bossa has an important breakfast menu. The tables exterior are an important spot to eat or drink a cocktail, there’s a pleasant jungle fitness center on the grass for teenagers. 

Mountain Bike and Operating Trails

Meerendal is dwelling to a spread of very fashionable mountain bike trails for all ranges. Worldwide occasions just like the Cape Epic have been hosted right here. The paths are graded from simple to medium and are designed and marked for various ability ranges. The routes take 1-2 hours to finish relying in your tempo.

There are three working trails at Meerendal with a mixed distance of 9km.

The favored 5 km Parkrun takes place at Meerendal on Saturdays (2023).

Meerendal Wine Academy

Enter the Meerendal Wine Academy for an introduction to the wine-making course of. Expertise all points of winemaking from the winery to the cellar, study from the winemaker, and do official wine-tasting programs.

Lodging at Meerendal

Meerendal Boutique Lodge – Keep on this luxurious 4-star resort with a good looking, huge room and bogs. Nice location – quick access to the wine lands and the western coast seashores, Cape City and the V&A Waterfront, and the Cape City Worldwide Airport (shuttle for decide up out there).

Canto

The boutique vineyard Canto is the most recent addition to the Durbanville Wine Route and solely opened its doorways promoting its personal wine in January 2018. The farm is well-known for producing glorious MCCs (champagne) and we have been wanting ahead to the famend MCC and macaron pairing, a singular wine tasting expertise. 

Canto is an superior place to go over weekends, go for a picnic on their large garden, order a scrumptious pizza, or go for an MCC and macaron tasting!

The tasting room appears to be like like a white chapel in the course of an enormous garden surrounded by vineyards. Canto is situated on the Vissershok highway subsequent to Meerendal.

Winetasting at Canto

The trendy tasting room is fashionable and comfy with a bar and lounge space furnished with snug couches, tasting tables, and chairs, with the vineyard within the background. There are two tasting choices at Canto, the MCC tasting with 4 MCCs and their customary wine tasting with a mixture of 5 crimson and white wines. From the nonetheless wines, Canto produces a wonderful wooded Chardonnay and a really good full-bodied Merlot.

We don’t typically style MCC so evaluating the 4 Canto MCCs was a little bit of a novelty. Clearly, we needed to do the MCC/macaron pairing. First tasting the MCCs on their very own our favourite was the weird Shiraz MCC with clear raspberry aromas. The Chardonnay/Pinot Noir MCC was one other favourite, with extra richness with some strawberry flavors.

Our favourite pairing was the Chardonnay/Pinot Noir MCC and the Salted Caramel macaron. The macaron is scrumptious and brings out the richness of the MCC. After this pairing, we purchased a bottle of the Chardonnay/Pinot Noir MCC and can purchase salted caramel macarons when we now have one thing particular to rejoice!

The tasting room has a deli fridge stocked with a wide range of cheeses, chilly meats, and condiments to construct your personal platter for the tasting room.

Award-winning wines to style – Canto Merlot 2018

Picnic at Canto

Canto has an enormous garden, the proper place for picnics which can be found on Saturdays and Sundays. They provide a build-your-own picnic choice on the deli with a wide range of cheeses, chilly meats, condiments, and extra To picnic at Canto a minimal buy from the deli for R180 (2023) is required (excluding wine and beverage purchases). Ten spots can be found with a most of 4 folks per picnic spot, that is on a first-come first-served foundation.

Nitida

Nitida is an award-winning boutique vineyard identified for its glorious Sauvignon Blanc wines solely established in 1990, one of many youngest wineries within the Durbanville wine area. The farm has produced some award-winning Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon wines in addition to glorious reds with award-winning Merlot and Pinot Noir vintages.

Nitida Wines are named after the flower, Protea Nitida, which grows within the endangered Renosterveld Flora. The native flora is essential to Bernard and Peta Veller which incorporate the endangered vegetation into their lovely, fastidiously designed labels.

Wine Tasting at Nitida

Tasting here’s a distinctive expertise on the Durbanville wine route, you are feeling a part of the wine-making course of. The tasting space is small and inside a cellar surrounded by wine barrels the place workers are tasting, mixing, and happening with their wine-making duties. 

There are three tasting choices; a basic tasting), an artisanal tasting of 4 costlier and restricted wines, and a Sauvignon Sensory Tasting.

The Sauvignon Blanc Tasting at Nitida 

We did the Sauvignon Blanc Sensory Tasting, it was a enjoyable expertise. You get to style 4 of Nitida’s award-winning Sauvignon Blanc wines and get a goodie basket stuffed with an assortment of elements you may sniff and even style to awaken your senses. We performed round with the dried fruits, flowers, herbs, spices,s and different elements, exploring the wines for an hour or so, an important thought in Sauvignon Blanc nation. Our host was pleasant and educated, however we’d have most well-liked labeled elements and extra steering to show it into a greater studying expertise.

Award-winning wines to style – Nitida Golden Orb 2018 (Sauvignon Blanc), Nitida Sauvignon Blanc 2018, Nitida Wild Youngster 2018 (Sauvignon Blanc), Nitida Semillon 2018

Eating places at Nitida

There are two eating places owned and managed by Warren Swaffield on the property, Cassia Restaurant and Tables at Nitida. 

Cassia serves a various menu described as ‘modern, rustic delicacies’. Ebook a Desk

Tables at Ntida is a household bistro, that prepares easy meals utilizing domestically produced and sourced substances that complement the delicacies. 

Bookings – Contact Nitida Wine Cellar +27 21 976 1467 Tables at Nitida +27 21 975 9357

For the children – Tables at Nitida has a jungle fitness center and swings for teenagers to play. The property additionally provides an interactive tasting expertise for kids that may be enjoyable. 

D’Aria

Sharing a cheese platter and tasting glorious wine at an important venue we actually beloved the wine farm D’Aria. The farming historical past of this land goes again about 300 years, D’Aria was nonetheless established in 1998 and the primary wine classic was produced ten years later. At this time the wines produced right here by winemaker Rudi von Waltsleben are prime notch with a number of award-winning whites and reds. They delight themselves on glorious terroir, minimal dealing with of the grapes, and doing the vinification course of by hand so far as potential. The situation is gorgeous with an open Tasting Room that overlooks a small dam and fountain from the rear deck. There are a number of bench tables below the bushes on the grass subsequent to the water. The environment within the tasting room is nice, it’s a self-help setup.

You may take pleasure in good burgers and a wine tasting on the wood deck between tall bushes overlooking the dam.

Wine tasting at D’Aria

The tasting is served one glass at a time on the counter contained in the tasting room, we loved our tasting below the poplar bushes with a cheese platter. Rudi, proprietor, and winemaker, is a music man and lots of the wine’s names are music-related. From the Premium Vary, we actually loved the Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot with wealthy crimson fruit (we took a bottle dwelling). The wooded Sauvignon Blanc ‘The Following’ is one thing totally different.

What is going on at DÁria – D’Aria Vineyard hosts a wide range of seasonal occasions from tastings with the winemaker, to reside music concert events, meals and wine experiences, and extra.

Award-winning wines to style – D’Aria Songbird Sauvignon Blanc 2018, D’Aria Wild Factor Sauvignon Blanc 2019, D’Aria Soprano Shiraz 2018

Eating places at D’Aria

D´Aria is dwelling to three eating places, on this picturesque farm. Patina, the Terrace and Botany. Patina is a excessive finish steakhouse specializing in glorious high quality beef, off beam there may be nice wine to pair it with.  The Terrace at D’Aria is an informal restuarant with an indoor and out of doors setting. A diverse menu with nice sushi,  grilled salmon, steaks to good salads. Botany is an excessive finish cocktail lounge at D’Aria serving a wide range of Tapas.

Maastricht

The farm Maastricht was established in 1702 producing grapes for a few years however producing wines below the Maastricht label solely began not too long ago. The early Dutch settlers named the farm Maastricht as a result of the clay soils reminded them of their hometown with the identical identify. We had an important tasting and I’ll advocate you go to the brand new tasting services at this lovely wine farm. The Louw household has been making wine right here since 1982, establishing the Maastricht wine farm in 2010. The farm is planted with about 100 hectares of vineyards, primarily Sauvignon Blanc, Pinotage, Shiraz, and Cabernet Sauvignon with a small block of Pinot Noir.

Wine tasting at Maastricht

The doorway to the tasting space is very nice with a flower-filled path main as much as the outdated barn that has been transformed right into a tasting room. The brand new exterior tasting space overlooking the vineyards is ideal for a summer time day and we loved our tasting right here. We loved the Maastricht Pinotage 2018, with crimson fruits, black cherry, and a giant juicy mouthfeel. For a pleasant Sauvignon Blanc at this little boutique vineyard try the Maastricht The Contour Sauvignon Blanc 2022. Some gentle meals or snacks can be found for buy on the tasting room.

Award-winning wines to style: Maastricht Sauvignon Blanc 2017, Maastricht Pinot Noir 2017

Bookings Maastricht wine tastings for a non-public tasting for teams of two to fifteen folks. 021 976 1995

Bloemendal

Bloemendal Wine Property has a wealthy historical past and was established in 1702 and is among the largest wine farms within the Durbanville space, stretching into the Kanonberg Mountains. The primary wine cellar on Bloemendal was in-built 1920, however the farm was solely registered as a wine property in 1987. A producer of high quality award-winning wines, greatest identified for glorious Sauvignon Blancs typical for the Durbanville wine valley. The favored household restaurant, Bon Amis is situated on the property. It is a very family-friendly venue with sprawling lawns, a jungle fitness center for the children, a biking monitor, wooden wood-fired pizza oven, and even kiddies juice and ice cream tasting!

Wine tasting at Bloemendal

Bloemendal has an in depth vary of wines you may style and provides some fascinating meals pairings. The small tasting room and terrace are good for wine tasting, however there may be not a lot of a view from the tasting middle. Don’t mis the Suider Terras Sauvignon Blanc. We loved the wine and nougat pairing, it actually one thing totally different and fascinating. The Sally Williams Nougats have been all improbable, I beloved the Macadamia nougat paired with a barrel-fermented and aged Chardonnay (2016), for us the nougat accentuated caramel and hazelnut tones within the wine that we beloved. One other fascinating pairing is the wine and ice cream pairing consisting of three wines paired with ice lotions from Nina’s Ice Cream. 

Award-winning wines to style – Bloemendal Waterlily Sauvignon Blanc 2019

Bloemendal Restaurant

The favored household restaurant Bon Amis perched on a hill has improbable panoramic views of the vineyards within the Durbanville wine valley, Desk Mountain, and Lions Head. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Bon Amis has quite a lot of potential with a tremendous venue wood-fired pizzas and freshly made sushi. 

Issues To Do at Bloemendal

Do you like out of doors actions? Bloemendal is dwelling to the superior Biosport mountain bike trails for all ability ranges. Biosport is a mountain biking cycle monitor located on the property additionally they present bike rent and host biking occasions. The Bloemendal and Hillcrest trails are a community of numerous trails within the lovely Durbanville hills providing the rider a choice of trails, nice soar runs, and flowing picturesque trails. Open 8 am – 5 pm Monday to Sunday

Bookings – Bloemendal 

Carry the children – There’s a huge jungle fitness center in a sand pit at Bon Amis restaurant. Many youngsters benefit from the mountain bike trails, bear in mind to deliver a helmet!

Altydgedacht

Altydgedacht Property is among the oldest farms in South Africa, a household farm established in 1698. The historic farm has been within the Parker household for since 1852, a legacy spanning six generations. You may really feel the historical past within the 300-year-old cellar with its white-washed partitions. 

Wines at Altydgedacht

Altydgedacht makes some improbable wines, some uncommon cultivars, and types for this a part of the world. We loved the Italian selection Barbera, not typically seen round right here with berry and licorice aromas, an important crimson wine to not miss. They provide an important dry Gewurztraminer with Turkish delight and rose petal aromas. Dry Gewurztraminer is one other wine that isn’t quite common, we beloved this wine and acquired a bottle. The Outdated Vine Chennin Blanc 2018 is a terroir-driven wine constituted of 46-year-old single winery vines. A novel Chennin with numerous apple and citrus notes and hints of oak, it was matured in French oak. 

Tasting hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 11:00 to 16:00, Sunday and Monday: Closed

Lodging close to the Durbanville Wine Route

When selecting lodging search for effectively rated locations with many evaluations. The next services are all effectively rated, lower than 10km drive from the Durbanville Wine Route with good evaluations. I’ll advocate that you simply learn some evaluations earlier than reserving a spot.

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Mid Vary

Luxurious

Wine tasting Durbanville – how does it work?

The wine farms on the Durbanville wine route that provide wine tasting all have a devoted tasting room with effectively educated workers to let you know concerning the wines and help you with the tasting. We discovered the tastings right here price a bit greater than on another wine routes, however consists of extra wines. This is a vital reality to think about when planning your route, in the event you self drive I’ll advocate no more than 3 farms on a day. We regularly share a tasting between the 2 of us, for the reason that quantity they pour is ample for 2 folks to style and have by no means encountered a farm having an issue with this. Following the tasting we normally purchase a bottle of our favourite to take pleasure in with a braai or some sushi again dwelling. 

Durbanville is situated about half-hour drive from Cape City, the farms should not far aside (have a look at our Wine Farm Map) and self drive is the most typical approach to discover the realm.

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