AA Badenhorst Family Wines

The property is owned by the “dynamic and good-looking cousins” Hein and Adi Badenhorst, originally from Constantia.

Their grandfather was the farm manager of Groot Constantia for 46 years.

Their fathers were born there and farmed together in Constantia, during the days when people still ate fresh vegetables and Hanepoot grapes, drank Cinsault and there were a lot less traffic lights and hippies still had a presence.

Together these two have restored a neglected cellar on the farm that was last used in the 1930′s to make natural wines in the traditional manner.

In the vineyard

The vineyards are mostly old bushvines planted in the 1950’s and 1960’s to Chenin Blanc, Cinsault and Grenache.

The vines are unirrigated and farmed as biologically as possible. The vineyards are planted on north, east, and south facing slopes bringing tremendous variety to the fruit.

Fruit from other selected sites within the appellation are also purchased to complete the final blends.

In terms of soils - three distinct types of granites are found here, namely the Paardeberg-, Lammershoek- and Lemoenfontein-type plus different sub-surface geology including clay, weathered granite and some serious shale.