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Groot Constantia

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"South Africa's oldest estate (1685): Where Napoleon received monthly shipments and Jane Austen wrote about Constantia wines in the Cape's most iconic terroir."

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Founded
1685
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Visit website grootconstantia.co.za
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Groot Constantia is a winery in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1685.

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    Constantia: Oldest Wine Region

    Napoleon had 1,126 litres of this wine shipped annually to his St. Helena prison — on his deathbed in 1821, he refused food, medicine, and everything except a glass of Constantia wine. Simon van der Stel chose this valley in 1685 after testing soil across the entire Cape; inside his 1791 cellar, a real Grand Constance bottle from 1821 sits in a display case, originally destined for Napoleon, who died before it arrived. And you can taste the resurrected sweet Muscat that Baudelaire called better than opium.

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Where is Groot Constantia located?
Groot Constantia is located in Cape Town, South Africa. GPS: -34.0253, 18.4180.

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