All three regions belong to the up-and-coming areas of South Africa, although viticulture has already been practiced here for centuries, at least in the case of Durbanville, also known as Tygerberg. The three areas on the Atlantic coast west of Cape Town were only really discovered in recent times, because here the cool wind from the south really penetrates and gives the grapes good cooling.
Rain falls here in quantities of 400 to 500 millimeters a year, comparable to the Languedoc, but the fogs that the Atlantic forms penetrate relatively far and give nature sufficient moisture. In this respect, these three regions are of great interest for the future as "cold climates."
Durbanville is the oldest of the three regions; Philadelphia was known for a long time as a cultivation area for grain, until its special suitability for viticulture was discovered only a few years ago. The northernmost of the three regions is Darling. All three regions are primarily dominated by slate soils, which, in combination with the cool climate, can produce spicy-fresh Sauvignon Blancs, but also elegant Cabernets or Bordeaux blends in a more European style.
