Constantia, a South African dessert wine, is made from Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains grapes grown in the district of Constantia, City of Cape Town. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was widely exported to Europe. However, production of Constantia ceased in the late-nineteenth century following the devastation of South African vineyards in the phylloxera epidemic. Production resumed at Klein Constantia in 1986, at Groot Constantia in 2003 and at Buitenverwachting in 2007.
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Constantia is an appellation in Western Cape, South Africa. We track 22 of its wines in stock at 9 shops, from 3 wine houses, from € 10.03; mostly white, red, dessert.
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Western Cape
- In our wines
- Muscat, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
- Styles
- White 10 · Red 7 · Dessert 4
- Prices
- from € 10.03 · median € 35.64 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,781 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,716 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2024 | 1 | € 19.94 | € 19.94 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,690 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2023 | 4 | € 29.00 | € 37.00 | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,648 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 2022 | 4 | € 25.66 | € 61.04 | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,652 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2021 | 2 | € 20.00 | € 86.33 | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 1,670 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2020 | 1 | € 100.35 | € 150.53 | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,697 GDD · 145 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,727 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,709 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,776 GDD · 51 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 95.47 | € 95.47 | – | averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,883 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 1,791 GDD · 51 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,829 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,798 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,810 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,818 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,833 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,831 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2008 | 1 | € 280.97 | € 140.49 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,890 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,754 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.9 °C · 2,004 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,843 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 1,905 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,920 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,794 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.4 °C · 1,904 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,882 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,840 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,655 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,715 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,871 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,790 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.2 °C · 1,869 GDD · 151 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,874 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.3 °C · 1,763 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,732 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,784 GDD · 151 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,720 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,792 GDD · 142 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,828 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,716 GDD · 163 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cooldry −0.8 °C · 1,651 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,629 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,652 GDD · 161 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Constantia's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Klein Constantia 11 · Groot Constantia 6 · equinox 1