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Stellenbosch

Stellenbosch uses granite and sandstone slopes with False Bay breezes, giving Cabernet and Chenin ripe fruit plus firm structure.

Place
Stellenbosch · Coastal Region · South Africa
Producers
52
Editorial basis
World of Wine subregion guide
Atlas locationStellenbosch · Coastal Region33.98° S · 18.86° E

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Producer profiles

Producers in Stellenbosch

  • Alto EstateStellenbosch red-wine estate making Cabernet-led blends from steep granite slopes since 1922. Alto Rouge, exported to the UK before its domestic release, is the founding wine and still the estate's most recognisable bottle.
  • BLANKbottle WineryPieter Walser sources from 66 growers across the Western Cape and produces 40 to 50 wines each year from spontaneous fermentations in concrete egg, amphora, and oak, with every label hand-drawn by Walser himself.
  • Botanica WinesStellenbosch producer at Protea Heights, with a Bordeaux blend, estate fruit in Big Flower, Cape site wines and regenerative farming.
  • Catherine Marshall WinesWestern Cape producer of Pinot Noir, Chenin Blanc, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc, sourcing mostly from cool climate areas and separating fruit by soil type.
  • Cave de PongraczCave de Pongracz makes Méthode Cap Classique sparkling wines, including Desiderius Brut 2018 and Pongrácz Rosé.
  • Damascene WineryJean Smit's place-argument project, sourcing Syrah and Chenin Blanc from contrasting soils across Stellenbosch, Swartland, and the Ceres Plateau, with cellar work kept deliberately minimal so the character of each site comes through.
  • Die BergkelderDie Bergkelder is a Stellenbosch mountain cellar linked to Fleur du Cap, with underground maturation and a Pinotage wine.
  • Escapade WinerySouth African venture sourcing Western Cape grapes for a Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc blend fermented in steel and French oak.
  • Glenelly EstateA former Pichon Lalande owner built a gravity-flow winery on Simonsberg's lower slopes in Stellenbosch, farming without acidification and using wild yeast fermentation.
  • Hartenberg EstateStellenbosch estate that bottled South Africa's first commercial Shiraz in 1968, farming nine soil types across Bottelary Hills.
  • Jordan WineryA 164-hectare Stellenbosch estate run since 1993 by Gary and Kathy Jordan, a geologist and economist who spent two years in international cellars before building their own. The Nine Yards Chardonnay, made in the Burgundian idiom with French oak, is the range's clearest statement.
  • Kaapzicht EstateA Bottelary Hills estate built on two of South Africa's oldest surviving vineyards: Chenin Blanc planted in 1947 and Pinotage from 1959, with two Decanter World Wine Awards to its name.
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  • Kaapzicht Wine EstateSouth African family estate with old bush vine Chenin Blanc, Steytler Pinotage, and a Pinotage Cabernet Sauvignon blend.
  • Kanonkop EstateA Stellenbosch estate on the Simonsberg slopes, built around Pinotage and a Bordeaux blend named for the politician who shaped the farm from 1929. The 1942 cellar's open concrete tanks are still in daily use.
  • Ken Forrester WinesStellenbosch estate on the Helderberg slopes built around Chenin Blanc, with FMC as the flagship and old-vine Piekenierskloof fruit for the natural wine tier.
  • Kleine ZalzeKleine Zalze is a Cape Winelands winery near Stellenbosch, with 120 hectares of estate vines and wines from Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage.
  • Lanzerac Wine EstateStellenbosch estate in the Jonkershoek Valley, with Pinotage red wines and a Pinotage Rosé.
  • Lievland VineyardsStellenbosch estate with restored vineyards, dry rosé from Syrah and Mourvèdre, and a berry led red blend.
  • LokaiaFranschhoek project pairing Semillon, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc with early picking, skin contact and terracotta amphorae.
  • Longridge WineryLongridge Winery farms the Helderberg in Stellenbosch wine country with biodynamic methods, an ecological farm system and cellar work led by Jasper Raats.
  • Meerlust EstateWestern Cape estate-grown reds shaped by False Bay breezes, granite-and-clay soils, and a long Myburgh family history.
  • Miles Mossop WinesSmall-volume Western Cape wines built from selected vineyards, with Miles Mossop directing both viticulture and winemaking.
  • Mooiplaas Wine EstateFamily-run Stellenbosch estate on steep Bottelary Hills slopes, pairing unwooded Chenin Blanc with a Merlot–Cabernet Franc red shaped by oak and tannin.
  • Mulderbosch VineyardsStellenbosch Kloof producer with Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, rosé and red wines.
  • Mullineux & Leeu Family WinesSwartland and Franschhoek partnership making Syrah, Chenin Blanc and Straw Wine with indigenous yeasts and little new wood.
  • MuratieA Knorhoek Valley estate north of Stellenbosch, Muratie turns its history into named bottles, from the Cabernet-led Ansela van de Caab to George Paul Canitz Pinot Noir.
  • Naudé WinesStellenbosch label sourcing Western Cape fruit for old vine Colombard, Cinsault and heritage blends made with minimal intervention.
  • Neethlingshof EstateA Stellenbosch estate between the Bottelary Hills and Papegaaiberg Mountain, with False Bay winds helping white grapes retain acidity. Its defining documented wine is The Six Flowers, a six-grape blend named for the flowers on the 1814 manor-house gable.
  • Post House EstateA Stellenbosch-linked estate near False Bay, where a 1996 Shiraz experiment grew into Merry Widow.
  • Post House VineyardsPost House Vineyards farms the Helderberg foothills, with Merlot reds and barrel fermented Chenin Blanc between Somerset West and Stellenbosch.
  • Raats Family WinesA Polkadraai Hills producer founded in 2000 around Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc.
  • Rall WinesDonovan Rall’s Western Cape label, built from Swartland and Stellenbosch fruit selected for soil and vine age.
  • Reyneke WineryStellenbosch wines from the historic Uitzicht farm, where companion-planted vines and low-intervention cellar work shape Syrah, Cabernet and Chenin.
  • Richard Kershaw WinesAn Elgin virtual winery matching grape clones to selected sites, then turning Chardonnay, Syrah and Pinot Noir into cool-climate wines with clear structural differences.
  • Rust en Vrede EstateA Helderberg red-wine estate south of Stellenbosch, centred on Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Merlot.
  • Saam Mountain VineyardsA South African collective of forty growers, SAAM brings dry-farmed fruit from Paarl to Durbanville into one cellar at Perdeberg. Big Joe 2023 turns that shared model into a dark, structured Pinotage-led red.
  • Sakkie Mouton Family WinesSmall-production West Coast whites from Vredendal, shaped by decomposed sandstone, cool coastal air, old vineyards and bright saline acidity.
  • Shannon VineyardsSmall Elgin estate wines from mist-cooled hillside vineyards, spanning Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends, barrel-aged Semillon, Pinot Noir and clone-led Merlot.
  • Simonsig EstateA Malan family estate in northern Stellenbosch, known for Kaapse Vonkel and a range spanning old-vine Chenin Blanc, Pinotage and Cabernet Sauvignon.
  • Spier Wine FarmA historic Stellenbosch farm beside the Eerste River, Spier separates older-vine Chenin Blanc, coastal Chardonnay and Shiraz, and blended red wine into distinct bottle families.
  • Spioenkop WinesCool-climate Elgin wines from Koen Roose, led by bone-dry Riesling and a range spanning Chenin Blanc, Pinotage and Sauvignon Blanc.
  • Stark-Condé WinesFamily-run Jonkershoek Valley estate centred on Cabernet Sauvignon, with elevated single-vineyard bottlings and a hands-on cellar.
  • Stellenbosch VineyardsA Stellenbosch producer based at Welmoed Farm, turning selected-grower fruit into a broad portfolio led here by a dark-fruited Shiraz–Pinotage red.
  • Thistle & WeedTwo-person Western Cape producer bottling single-parcel wines under Cape weed names, with Chenin Blanc from a 1980 Stellenbosch vineyard.
  • Trizanne Signature WinesTrizanne Barnard sources Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon from windswept Elim on the Cape South Coast and Syrah from the hot, dry Swartland, split across two ranges built on the contrast between those two climates.
  • Uva MiraMountain vineyard estate on the Helderberg slopes in Stellenbosch, farming at 260 to 620 metres above sea level. Known for The Dance Cabernet Franc and D.W. Syrah, wines shaped by altitude, cool temperatures, and mineral soils.
  • Vriesenhof VineyardsA Stellenbosch farm in Paradyskloof Valley, Vriesenhof brings Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinotage into a range shaped by Atlantic breezes, hand-harvested fruit and barrel work.
  • Warwick EstateA Simonsberg estate where Cabernet Sauvignon anchors dark, structured red blends, balanced by a citrus-and-stone-fruit Chardonnay.
  • Warwick Wine EstateSimonsberg Cabernet Sauvignon with a family-made origin story: Warwick’s first wine was the 1984 La Femme Bleu, released after the Ratcliffes had spent twenty years on the farm.
  • Waterford Wine EstateA Stellenbosch estate on the Helderberg slopes, Waterford works 60 hectares of vine within a 120-hectare property and explores an unusually broad cast of red grapes.
  • Wolf & Woman WinesJolandie Fouché’s Swartland-focused project turns old-vine fruit into textured Chenin Blanc, fresh-framed Pinotage and peppery Syrah.
  • Zevenwacht Wine EstateFamily-owned Stellenbosch estate working Ribbokrant slopes and Banhoek fruit across a broad range of Western Cape whites and reds.

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