Constantia Glen Two is a premium wine estate located in the heart of the Constantia Valley, alongside the slopes of the iconicTable Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a small family-owned estate that focuses on producing only the finest quality wines, with a focus on Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, and Bordeaux-style red blends. The vineyards are meticulously tended to, resulting in grapes that are rich in flavor and complexity. The wines produced here are characterized by their elegance, balance, and subtle complexity, making them highly sought-after by connoisseurs around the world. Visitors can experience the estate's exceptional wines in the breathtakingly beautiful tasting room, which offers stunning views of the surrounding valley.

Tasting Notes

Clear and bright with a light gold colour, tinged with lime green. Elegant and subtle, with delicate aromas of lime, green fig and floral notes delineating towards elderflower and orange blossom. The wine is tightly wound in its youth, but shows absolute fruit purity as well as some citrus and waxy notes, which will integrate and develop into a very refined wine. Terrific freshness, good fruit concentration and depth, but it remains restrained and elegant with stony mineral nuances. The fresh acidity is beautifully balanced with a mouth-coating creamy texture on the palate, which is brought about by barrel fermentation and maturation in these vessels on the gross lees for 7 months. Furthermore, 33% of this blend is Sémillon, which contributes weight and texture, making this a truly harmonious blend with an intriguing saline quality that lingers well onto your next sip.

About the Winery

The origin of Constantia Glen dates back to 1685. It got established when Simon van der Stel made his first wine on his farm named Constantia. Lying in the valley of the same name, the wine estate is one of the most reputable ones in South Africa. The Constantia farm remained a possession of its founder, Simon, for as long as he was alive. After he passed away in 1712, the property got split into three parts. In recent times, they go by the name of Klein Constantia, Buitenverwachting, and Groot Constantia.

Initially, the 60-hectare land known as Constantia Glen today was arduous to farm. Evidence suggests that it was most probably used merely for grazing for about the first century of its existence. In 1813, records of its first registration to the farm’s original proprietor, Johannes Gregorius van Helsdingen, came up. He was also the first to plant grapevines on the soil of the property. Johannes Frederick, Johannes’ nephew, inherited the land by 1832. By then, it was a productive parcel with about 15,000 vines.

In 1843, the farm changed owners to Sebastiaan Valentyn van Reenen, the grandson of a renowned VOC merchant from Dutch, Cloete. He changed the name to Glen Alpine. Under Sebastiaan’s management, the land emerged as a famous wine estate. The following hundred years or so, the farm came under several individuals with various purposes.

The farm’s current name, Constantia Glen, was not before 2005. The rapid change of possessors makes it evident that it is laborious to grow grapevines on these lands. Nevertheless, the rewards have not failed to impress the Waibel family. They have persevered on these parcels for a long time, almost since 1960. Their dedication has managed to bring them success and the ability to produce wines of the highest standard.

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