regionHemel-en-Aarde
also: Hemel-en-Aarde Valley · Heaven and Earth
A valley behind Hermanus, running inland from Walker Bay, with clay over decomposed shale and cold air off the Atlantic. South Africa's pinot address.
Facts
| country | South Africa |
|---|---|
| level | doc |
| soil | clay over Bokkeveld shale |
| region | Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa |
| where | -34.3800, 19.2800 (region) · OpenStreetMap · open in maps Cited |
| confidence | medium · updated 2026-09-16 |
Its kin
the vinePinot noirPlanted here from the 1970s, on clay that holds water through a dry summer.regionBurgundyThe comparison every grower in the valley invites and then complicates.
Sources
Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.