Tulbagh · Western Cape
Koelfontein Estate
Koelfontein Estate is a wine farm in Tulbagh, Western Cape. About 124 km from Cape Town.
About Koelfontein Estate
Koelfontein Estate sits in Tulbagh, a Wine of Origin district inside the Coastal Region of the Western Cape. The cellar is mapped at -33.3112°S, 19.5373°E, about 124 km from central Cape Town as the crow flies. Most visitors reach Tulbagh from the city in 90–120 minutes. Open-Meteo elevation for this point is 872 metres above sea level. ISRIC SoilGrids at the farm pin estimates soil pH around 6.8, clay content near 15%, organic carbon about 26.4 g/kg in the topsoil (modelled, not a vineyard pit description). Typical Tulbagh plantings include Chardonnay, Shiraz, Chenin Blanc, Cap Classique. Confirm the current range with the farm; this atlas records place, not a live wine list. District climate in brief: Continental-leaning bowl, cold winters, hot summers, mountain-shadow effects. Visitor facilities are not confirmed in the open datasets used here. Treat this pin as a location record and verify hours with the farm. Mapped neighbours include Bokkeveld Wines, Waboomsrivier Wine Cellar, Ceres Plateau. WineFarmz is a Western Cape-only atlas. Origin claims follow the SAWIS / WOSA Wine of Origin hierarchy (geographical unit → region → district → ward), assigned from coordinates and open geographic sources.
Questions before you go
Where is Koelfontein Estate?
Koelfontein Estate is in Tulbagh, Western Cape. Most visitors drive there from Cape Town in 90–120 minutes.
Wine of Origin
Geographical unit: Western Cape → Coastal Region → Tulbagh
Tulbagh is a bowl of vineyards under the Witzenberg, Winterhoek and Obiqua mountains: a Coastal Region district with a strong sense of place and a compact village.
Terroir snapshot
Elevation and soil figures are modelled at the pin, not a vineyard block survey. Use them to compare farms, not to quote a technical sheet.
- Latitude
- -33.31118
- Longitude
- 19.53729
- Elevation
- 872 m (Open-Meteo)
- Soil pH
- 6.8 (SoilGrids 0–5 cm)
- Clay
- 15% (SoilGrids)
- Organic C
- 26.4 g/kg (SoilGrids)
Sources
- Elevation: Open-Meteo
- Soil: ISRIC SoilGrids
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