The inspiration for the farm’s name was drawn from the sharing of an unforgettable summer evening back in July 1990. That evening, the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome provided the sublime setting for six thousand lucky souls to witness the inaugural and original Three Tenors concert. So special was the operatic singing that night, that when Luciano Pavarotti asked the President of Italy which song he should perform as an encore, the reply was simply "Da Capo!" which in Italian means "From the beginning". And of course, coupled with its dual meaning "from the Cape", Da Capo was an obvious choice when Alberto Bottega named the farm some years later. Da Capo Vineyards through its range of wines, has the exciting potential to provide a unique and direct comparison between the famous wines of Bordeaux and the Rhone and the Tuscany and Piemonte, but expressed in the Cape environment and terroir or in the Cape Town. Nestling at the foot of majestic granite mountains, the slopes vary in height from 200 to 350 metres above sea level and have aspects which face north, west and south. The soils contain decomposed granite, which is relatively shallow and stony in patches, with a clay base. From the highest vineyards the profile of the whole Cape Peninsula from Table Mountain to Cape Point is visible across the nearby False Bay where the Indian & Atlantic Oceans meet. The grape varieties planted were chosen from the best available French and Italian cultivars. Each cultivar was matched to the optimum vineyard site possible and several clones of each variety were planted. For the Bordeaux varieties, the Cabernet Sauvignon was allocated an exposed north-west vineyard, the Merlot was allocated a sheltered south-west slope and the Cabernet Franc was allocated a deep clay west-facing vineyard.