At the foothills of the Simonsberg mountains, with the popular Plaisir (de Merle) Wine Estate and Boschendal Wine Estate as your Simondium neighbours, you will find over 35Ha of arable and clean land, including 21,5Ha of vineyards. The area is diverse and rich fynbos vegetation with a wide variety of exotic bird and smaller buck species intermingling along the slopes. This property offers an ideal opportunity to further develop this land into a boutique wine farm with your own label and to design and build your ideal home.
This pristine land has been cleared of all alien species and has 21,5Ha of planted vineyards: Gewürtztraminer (3,9Ha); Muscat de Frontignan (3,14Ha); Alverinho (0,77); and Chenin Blanc (13,74) - producing approximately 5,7; 7; 0,9; 12,6 tons per annum, respectively (2022). The soil types are a mix of Clovelly, Avalon, and Kroonstad. Ample water...
At the foothills of the Simonsberg mountains, with the popular Plaisir (de Merle) Wine Estate and Boschendal Wine Estate as your Simondium neighbours, you will find over 35Ha of arable and clean land, including 21,5Ha of vineyards. The area is diverse and rich fynbos vegetation with a wide variety of exotic bird and smaller buck species intermingling along the slopes. This property offers an ideal opportunity to further develop this land into a boutique wine farm with your own label and to design and build your ideal home.
This pristine land has been cleared of all alien species and has 21,5Ha of planted vineyards: Gewürtztraminer (3,9Ha); Muscat de Frontignan (3,14Ha); Alverinho (0,77); and Chenin Blanc (13,74) - producing approximately 5,7; 7; 0,9; 12,6 tons per annum, respectively (2022). The soil types are a mix of Clovelly, Avalon, and Kroonstad. Ample water provisions exist - 20ha water is supplied by Plaisir Founders Wine Estate from the ‘Perskeboord’ ground dam (approximately 13000m3), which gets filled by the mountain stream, the "Groot River".
Plaisir Founders Wine Estate, as the dominant and established wine farm with cellar and other facilities, will gladly make your wine (at industry cost) under your own label. If required, Plaisir will also manage your vineyards at Vinpro cost (industry standard). Plaisir Wine Estate offers trails to ride, jog or walk, as well as a weekend Food Market and premier dinning at PlatForm restaurant, plus guest accommodation.
A unique opportunity - one of the last farmlands available high-up the mountain side.
• VAT Registered entity.
• This farm is a portion of the Plaisir Founders Wine Estate however it has its own title deed.
• A few ‘Home (farm) Owners Rules’ as well as ‘Building and Farming Guidelines’ will apply.
• Shared costs include road maintenance, shared boundary fencing, entrance gate maintenance, security, electricity provision maintenance, water provision maintenance etc
• Servitudes:
• 6M Servitude road in favour of Ptn 5 of Farm 966 on NW boundary
• 6M Servitude road in favour of Farm 969 on NE boundary
• Pipeline servitude
• ‘Spulpunt’ Servitude in favour of Plaisir
• Power supplied by Eskom
• Zoned: Agriculture.
• Building allowance: one Farm House, one 250sqm managers house and one shed.
Properties have gone through Consolidation and Subdivision, approved by the Department of Agriculture and are currently being loaded onto the SG diagrams.
Please watch the video below to really experience the beauty and position of the farm on offer