Beaumont Family Wines
ボーモント・ファミリー・ワインズ
Bot River pioneers behind South Africa's benchmark old-vine Chenin Blanc, Hope Marguerite.
About Beaumont Family Wines
Beaumont Family Wines is a historic estate in Bot River on South Africa's Walker Bay coast, farmed by the Beaumont family since 1974. Its 18th-century cellar was once a Dutch East India Company outpost known as Compagnes Drift. Raoul and Jayne Beaumont planted the first vines; their son Sebastian, working with his wife Nici, now crafts old bush-vine Chenin Blanc and Pinotage from ancient shale soils, farming sustainably alongside protected fynbos in the Groenlandberg Conservancy.
Who Is This For?
For those who seek terroir-driven, age-worthy South African Chenin Blanc and appreciate family estates rooted in sustainable, low-intervention farming.
Wines of Beaumont Family Wines
No cuvées registered yet.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Beaumont Family Wines best known for?
- Beaumont is best known for Hope Marguerite, a barrel-fermented Chenin Blanc made from vines planted in 1974 and 1978 that is regarded as one of South Africa's benchmark expressions of the variety.
- Where is Beaumont located?
- The estate sits in Bot River, a ward of the Walker Bay district in South Africa's Overberg region, on a farm whose cellar dates back to the 18th century.
- Who runs Beaumont today?
- Sebastian Beaumont, son of founders Raoul and Jayne, runs the estate together with his wife Nici, continuing the family's focus on old bush-vine Chenin Blanc and Pinotage.
- Is Beaumont available in Japan?
- Yes, Beaumont wines have been imported into Japan for over a decade, notably by Vinos Yamazaki, and are also carried by specialist South African wine retailers.
- Does Beaumont farm sustainably?
- Yes, only a small portion of the roughly 400-hectare farm is planted to vine; the remainder is preserved as fynbos habitat within the Groenlandberg Conservancy.