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Klein Constantia is known for its production of white wines, including Sauvignon blanc and Riesling, and its revival of the 18th and 19th century Constantia dessert wine Vin de Constance. Vin de Constance has consistently scored over 90 points in Wine Spectator Magazine and other rating publications like Robert Parker [ 15 ] and in September ...
Captain Oloff Bergh acquired Groot Constantia, while Simon Pieter de Meyer bought Klein Constantia and Bergvliet, together measuring about 570 hectares. The farm Constantia with the Cape Dutch manor house thereon was acquired in 1885. Type of site: Farm Complex. 9/2/111/0015/1 Jonkershuis complex, Groot Constantia, Constantia, Wynberg District
Klein Constantia (UCI team code: KLC) was a UCI Continental cycling team based in the Czech Republic and a development squad for UCI World Tour team Etixx–Quick-Step. It was set up by Patrick Lefevere in 2013.
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.
Groot Constantia is the oldest wine estate in South Africa and provincial heritage site in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, ... Klein Constantia; and Bergvliet.
Under the ownership of Johannes Colijn Klein Constantia continued to be a standard bearer for Cape wine. In the 1770s, Groot Constantia was sold to a businessman from Stellenbosch named Hendrik Cloete, who replanted the vineyards and rebuilt the cellars in an attempt to revive the reputation of the estate. He employed nearly 100 slaves and ...
The area is now home to 11 wine farms (Andrews, 2017). It is the oldest winegrowing region in the country, with the farm Groot Constantia being the oldest wine estate. Another well-known name in the region is Klein Constantia, which was established in 1685 by the VOC Governor of the Cape Simon van der Stel.
Klein Constantia: 2017–2023: Quick-Step Floors [2] [3] 2024– Movistar Team: Major wins; Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage Combativity award . One-day races and Classics. National Road Race Championships (2021) National Time Trial Championships (2020, 2023) Classic Sud-Ardèche