Paarl · Western Cape
Drakenstein Wine Estate
Drakenstein Wine Estate is a wine farm in Paarl, Western Cape. About 62 km from Cape Town.
About Drakenstein Wine Estate
Look for Drakenstein Wine Estate in Paarl — part of the Coastal Region on the official Cape Wine of Origin map. The cellar is mapped at -33.7300°S, 19.0500°E, about 62 km from central Cape Town as the crow flies. Most visitors reach Paarl from the city in 50–70 minutes. Open-Meteo elevation for this point is 285 metres above sea level. ISRIC SoilGrids at the farm pin estimates soil pH around 6.3, clay content near 11%, organic carbon about 60.1 g/kg in the topsoil (modelled, not a vineyard pit description). Typical Paarl plantings include Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc, Pinotage. Confirm the current range with the farm; this atlas records place, not a live wine list. District climate in brief: Warm inland Mediterranean, less maritime than Stellenbosch, cooler on Simonsberg foothills. Visitor facilities are not confirmed in the open datasets used here. Treat this pin as a location record and verify hours with the farm. Mapped neighbours include Mellasat Vineyards, Brookdale Estate, Adara Palmiet. WineFarmz is a Western Cape-only atlas. Origin claims follow the SAWIS / WOSA Wine of Origin hierarchy (geographical unit → region → district → ward), assigned from coordinates and open geographic sources.
Questions before you go
Where is Drakenstein Wine Estate?
Drakenstein Wine Estate is in Paarl, Western Cape. Most visitors drive there from Cape Town in 50–70 minutes.
Wine of Origin
Geographical unit: Western Cape → Coastal Region → Paarl
Paarl sits around a granite pluton north of Stellenbosch: a large, warmer district with wards on Simonsberg, Agter-Paarl and Voor-Paardeberg.
Terroir snapshot
Elevation and soil figures are modelled at the pin, not a vineyard block survey. Use them to compare farms, not to quote a technical sheet.
- Latitude
- -33.73
- Longitude
- 19.05
- Elevation
- 285 m (Open-Meteo)
- Soil pH
- 6.3 (SoilGrids 0–5 cm)
- Clay
- 11% (SoilGrids)
- Organic C
- 60.1 g/kg (SoilGrids)
Sources
- Elevation: Open-Meteo
- Soil: ISRIC SoilGrids
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