Wine at L’Auberge Chanteclair
Present and Future

In the grounds of L’Auberge Chanteclair there are 4 hectares (10 acres) of land under vine. The first 2 hectares of vines were planted in 1989 and the remainder in 2000, all of which were Cabernet Sauvignon.

In 2005 it was decided to remove the older vines at the top of the vineyard and this land remained fallow until 2007 when these were replaced with a variety of viticulture’s i.e. Shiraz, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Chenin Blanc. These will be ready for harvesting in 2012 and this will be an exciting time as we will be able to experiment with new blends and also a pure Malbec, a variety not commonly grown in South Africa being more indigenous to Argentina. This will then enable us to produce our own Chenin Blanc under the Chanteclair label.

As a small vineyard we have focused on quality and use only the best 30% of the grapes harvested which results in an elegant, high quality Cabernet Sauvignon. We are very proud of the wines we have produced over the last three years and we intend to continue to improve as we move towards producing more variety over the next few years.

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Guests at L’Auberge Chanteclair can stroll through our vineyards and enjoy the peace and tranquillity and take in the views at the top of the vineyard.

Our Cabernet Sauvignon is superb with red meats or ‘just on its own’.