Features:
- Historic > 100 Years
- Modern
- Cold Winters Day
- Hot Summers Day
- Restaurants
- Bistro or Deli
- Pairings
- Cap Classique/MCC/Sparkling Wine
- Sporty – Hiking
Phone: +27 21 880 0717
Website: https://www.kleinezalze.co.za/
Address: Kleine Zalze Wines, Strand Rd, De Zalze Golf Estate, Stellenbosch
Map Location: Click to view on Google Maps
The modern history of Kleine Zalze starts in 1996 when Kobus Basson purchased the property to realise his family’s dream of producing wines of outstanding quality in combination with a lifestyle estate that affords residents the experience of luxury country living. Under Kobus’s leadership the winery grew the last 25 years to become a Stellenbosch benchmark of quality and accessibility.
The oldest records however indicate that vineyards were planted on the farm as far back as 1682. The farm was first promulgated in 1685, at a time when many of the original wine estates were first laid out. The first record of taxes payable to the Stellenbosch Town Council dates from 1695 and were made by the then owner of Kleine Zalze, Nicolaas Cleef, a German immigrant. At this time over 7000 vines were recorded for tax purposes.
