Durbanville Wine Valley

Every wine spot claims unique and superior terroir but few areas can back these up with real facts like the Durbanville Wine Valley.

As South Africa's own “Terra Rossa” area, our beautiful dark red, clay-based soils, resemble some of the best in the world and are intensely nutritive with great water-retentiveness, keeping our vines well-fed and healthy.

Durbanville is unsurpassed in delivering long, slow, cool ripening conditions because of its proximity to both the Indian and the icy Atlantic Oceans (just 12km away).The cool sea breezes and swirling thick mists that pour into our valley lend a combination which gives unparalleled cooling and gentle rehydrating to our grapes.

Added to this, the high altitude of our hills makes Durbanville one of the coolest wine growing areas in South Africa and thus especially suited to producing full, fruit driven wines.