Coastal Region Flashcards
(15 cards)
Where is Coastal Region of South Africa located?
Located around the original colony of Cape Town and along the western coast of the Cape
What are the 9 districts of Coastal Region?
Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Paarls, Tulbagh, Darling, Franschoek Valley, Lutzville Valley, Wellington and Swartland
What are the wards of Cape Town?
Constantia, Hout Bay, Durbonville, Philadelphia
What are some estates of Constantia?
Groot Constantia, Klein Constantia, Buiteverwachting
What did Klein of Constantia revive?
The nearly extinct sweet Vin de Constance with Muscat de Frontignan
What is the most prominent winemaking region of South Africa?
Stellenbosch
What is the name of the viticultural and oenological research center located in Stellenbosch?
The “Town of Oaks”
What are the soils surrounding Stellenbosch?
Contains some do the world’s most ancient soils, ranging from alluvial loam over shale on the valley floors to decomposed granite and sandstone on the hillside
What are the main grapes of Stellenbosch?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Shiraz, and Chenin Blanc
What is the climate of Stellenbosch?
Maritime influenced climate comparable to but warmer than Bordeaux.
What are some notable producers of Stellenbosch?
The cab blends of Warwick Estate’s “Trilogy”, Meerlust’s “Rubicon”. Other products include Kanonkop, Rust en Verde, Neil Ellis
What are the wards within Stellenbosch?
Devon Valley, Jonkershork Valley, Papegaaiberg, Simonberg-Stellenbosch, Bottelary, Bangshoek, and the Polkadraai Hills.
What is the district north of Stellenbosch?
The warmer inland Paarl district
What is the largest producer of Paarl?
Nederburg, the first house to produce botrytised dessert wine in South Africa
What is the Nederburg wine auction?
An auction of rare Cape wines that has taken place in Paarl since 1975.
