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Robertson

Appellation

Robertson is a Wine of Origin district of Breede River Valley in South Africa.

Warm, dry Breede River valley district on lime-rich soils, known for Chardonnay and sparkling Cap Classique.
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Key facts

Type
Wine of Origin district
Within
Breede River Valley
Area
451,686 ha outline of the administrative units
Centre
33.7868° S, 20.0754° E
Legal basis
Wine of Origin Scheme (Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989); areas published in the Government Gazette and administered by SAWIS.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town
4.2 km west of Montagu
Nearest city
18 km east of Robertson 33,204 people
To the sea
85 km
Same latitude
Valle de Uco (Argentina), Valle de Leyda (Chile), Clare Valley (Australia), Centro-Este (Uruguay)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
76–1,974 m
Mean elevation
592 m

Measured over the whole outline on 70,626 elevation cells of about 254 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 18

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Sources

geoBoundaries ZAF ADM3 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))

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