Eagles' Nest

Eagles' Nest sits on land that was originally part of the Constantia grant made to Cape governor Simon van der Stel in 1685, the same estate that supplied wine to European nobility as Groote Constantia. For much of the twentieth century, up until the 1960s, the property operated as a commercial farm growing export fruit and vegetables for the local market rather than producing wine. The Mylrea family bought the farm in 1984 and continued running it largely as an orchard and forestry operation. That changed after a devastating fire on New Year's Day in 2000, which destroyed around 95% of the estate. Rather than rebuild the forest and fruit operation, the Mylrea family used the fire as the occasion to replant the land as vineyard, planting Shiraz, Merlot and Viognier; the estate's first, or maiden, harvest came in 2005. Eagles' Nest has continued as a working vineyard and boutique winery since, with ownership passing to the Elleke family in 2022, who have continued the estate's wine production on the same replanted Constantia land.