Stellenbosch

Appellation

Stellenbosch is a Wine of Origin district of Coastal Region in South Africa.

The heart of South African wine, east of Cape Town between the Simonsberg, Helderberg and Jonkershoek mountains. Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux blends, Pinotage and Chenin Blanc on granite and sandstone soils. The district is divided into wards.

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Key facts

Type: Wine of Origin district
Within: Coastal Region
Area: 83,134 ha registered outline
Centre: 33.9290° S, 18.9778° E
Legal basis: Wine of Origin Scheme (Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989); areas published in the Government Gazette and administered by SAWIS.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town: 3 km south-east of Kylemore
Nearest city: 10 km east of Stellenbosch 96,228 people
To the sea: 24 km
Same latitude: Valle de Uco (Argentina), Clare Valley (Australia), Valle de Leyda (Chile), Oceánica (Uruguay)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 10–1,593 m
Mean elevation: 432 m

Measured over the whole outline on 208,028 elevation cells of about 63 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

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Sources

geoBoundaries ZAF ADM3 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))

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