Western Cape is a Geographical Unit within the Wine of Origin classification system of South African wine. Corresponding to the province of Western Cape it includes most of the vineyards in South Africa.
From the Wikipedia article Western Cape wine, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Western Cape is a wine region, South Africa. We track 684 of its wines in stock at 68 shops, from 100 wine houses, from € 2.54; mostly red, white.
- Country
- South Africa
- In our wines
- Syrah, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage
- Styles
- Red 336 · White 302 · Rosé 15 · Sparkling 10 · Orange 6 · Dessert 5 · Fortified 2
- Prices
- from € 2.54 · median € 26.26 / 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 | 2 | € 5.50 | € 12.27 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,697 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2025 | 91 | € 5.95 | € 17.31 | 96.0 (2 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 2,722 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2024 | 96 | € 6.25 | € 22.53 | 93.0 (3 wines) | warm +0.5 °C · 2,674 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2023 | 80 | € 6.95 | € 25.84 | 91.0 (2 wines) | average +0.2 °C · 2,608 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2022 | 72 | € 6.50 | € 28.78 | 93.3 (6 wines) | coolwet −0.7 °C · 2,427 GDD · 164 % rain |
| 2021 | 57 | € 13.00 | € 40.80 | 93.3 (9 wines) | averagewet harvest +0.3 °C · 2,628 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2020 | 26 | € 13.25 | € 29.93 | – | averagedry +0.3 °C · 2,637 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 2019 | 20 | € 10.88 | € 32.62 | 94.0 (1 wine) | warmdry +0.7 °C · 2,706 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2018 | 13 | € 12.03 | € 60.07 | 93.7 (3 wines) | average −0.3 °C · 2,492 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2017 | 10 | € 27.96 | € 39.00 | – | warmdrydry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,718 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2016 | 5 | € 17.24 | € 73.45 | 95.0 (1 wine) | warmdry +0.7 °C · 2,716 GDD · 61 % rain |
| 2015 | 3 | € 66.23 | € 175.00 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,569 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2014 | 1 | € 33.99 | € 33.99 | – | averagewet −0.3 °C · 2,507 GDD · 160 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 2,430 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2012 | 3 | € 29.43 | € 45.00 | – | cool −0.7 °C · 2,420 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 262.56 | € 262.56 | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 2,539 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 2010 | 1 | € 401.25 | € 401.25 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,688 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,611 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2008 | 1 | € 280.97 | € 140.49 | – | average −0.3 °C · 2,494 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagedry ±0.0 °C · 2,559 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,511 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,665 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,600 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,683 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,606 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,592 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.3 °C · 2,511 GDD · 221 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 2,709 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.2 °C · 2,610 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.7 °C · 2,205 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.0 °C · 2,342 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 2,546 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 2,532 GDD · 188 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 2,449 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 2,516 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.2 °C · 2,614 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 2,374 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,482 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 2,524 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 2,389 GDD · 197 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 2,485 GDD · 174 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,469 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 2,625 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.3 °C · 2,505 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −1.8 °C · 2,186 GDD · 196 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Western Cape'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 region. 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.
Kaapzicht 21 · Robertson Winery 17 · Spier 15 · Hamilton Russell Vineyards 13 · Rustenberg Wines 12 · Newton Johnson 12 · Klein Constantia 11 · Testalonga 11 · Waterkloof 11 · Waterford 11 · Bouchard Finlayson 9 · Eben Sadie 9 · Delheim 8 · Delaire Graff Estate 8 · Percheron 8 · Boekenhoutskloof 7
Stellenbosch 208 · Swartland 76 · Walker Bay 54 · Robertson 27 · Constantia 22 · Elgin 21 · Paarl 21 · Franschhoek 13 · Cederberg 12 · Wellington (SA) 10 · Worcester 6 · Tulbagh 5 · Darling 4 · Breedekloof 3 · Cape South Coast 2 · Simonsberg 1