COONAWARRA WINES, AUSTRALIA

 

 

COONAWARRA

 

With its famous terra rossa soils layered over pure groundwater, Coonawarra is one of Australia’s finest regions for producing red wines. Here is a closer look at this former ‘land’ of orchards and meadows, now the home of Cabernet-Sauvignon.

The vineyards of Coonawarra

 

The market for Coonawarra wines

 

5,500

HECTARES

of vines

1890

The year the first vines were planted in the region

7

GRAPE VARIETIES

Cabernet-Sauvignon is Coonawarra’s king of grape varieties. The region also produces excellent cool-climate Syrah and Riesling, along with Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc and Merlot

25

ESTATES

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