Swartland is an appellation in Western Cape, South Africa. We track 76 of its wines in stock at 23 shops, from 12 wine houses, from € 11.50; mostly red, white.
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Western Cape
- In our wines
- Syrah, Chenin Blanc, Cinsault, Grenache, Pinotage
- Styles
- Red 41 · White 26 · Orange 3 · Rosé 2 · Sparkling 2
- Prices
- from € 11.50 · median € 32.00 / 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 | 1 | € 19.04 | € 19.04 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 2,394 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2025 | 8 | € 11.50 | € 19.68 | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,259 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2024 | 11 | € 14.95 | € 49.53 | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,274 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2023 | 4 | € 24.50 | € 25.19 | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 2,171 GDD · 160 % rain |
| 2022 | 6 | € 34.61 | € 48.94 | 92.0 (1 wine) | average −0.3 °C · 2,192 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2021 | 15 | € 19.00 | € 54.00 | 94.0 (4 wines) | coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 2,123 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2020 | 4 | € 24.08 | € 34.46 | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,180 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2019 | 2 | € 86.97 | € 95.99 | 94.0 (1 wine) | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 2,196 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2018 | 6 | € 28.77 | € 97.25 | 95.0 (1 wine) | average −0.3 °C · 2,183 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2017 | 2 | € 28.10 | € 62.55 | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,298 GDD · 38 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 150.52 | € 150.52 | – | warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 2,346 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 2,251 GDD · 48 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 2,170 GDD · 175 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 2,210 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 2,144 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.8 °C · 2,418 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,240 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,258 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.1 °C · 2,273 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 2,227 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,205 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warmwet +0.6 °C · 2,383 GDD · 195 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 2,248 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,261 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 2,341 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 2,305 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 2,480 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,395 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,296 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.8 °C · 1,868 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 2,198 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,301 GDD · 77 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,434 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest −0.4 °C · 2,160 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,165 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.3 °C · 2,192 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagewetdry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,176 GDD · 149 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,277 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.5 °C · 2,135 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.9 °C · 2,063 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.4 °C · 2,331 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.7 °C · 2,085 GDD · 152 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | averagedrywet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,292 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 2,052 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.3 °C · 1,963 GDD · 205 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Swartland'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.
Eben Sadie 9 · Testalonga 8 · David and Nadia Sadie 2 · Wolf and Woman 2 · Alheit Vineyards 1 · Radford Dale 1 · Spier 1 · Wold and Woman 1 · Mullineux and Leeu 1 · Boekenhoutskloof 1 · David & Nadia 1 · Here & There 1