Coonawarra

Coonawarra is renowned as one of Australia's finest wine regions and is particularly known for producing world class red wines especially Cabernet Sauvignon. Its secret lies in a magical marriage of rich red terra rossa soil, limestone, pure underground water and a long cool ripening season for the grapes.

Today, Coonawarra vineyard land is prized like a precious gem. The cigar-shaped strip of 'terra rossa' is finite, only 12km long and 2km wide, and is all but taken up by vineyards.  

Coonawarra is a cool climate wine region. The long growing season is marked by sunny, warm and dry days followed by cool evenings - an ideal combination developing the intense varietal characteristics for which Coonawarra is renowned.

Coonawarra has an average rainfall of 640mm (30 year average) of which 221.6 mm falls during the growing season (October to April). Coonawarra has an average daily winter temperature of 9.8 degrees and an average daily summer temperature of 18.8 degrees.

Coonawarra has an average elevation of 55m above sea level.

Sunshine hours during the growing season average 1621 hours or 7.6 hours daily, with a temperature summation of 1337 heat degree days (seven months growing season) and aridity of 125mm (12 months).

Contact Details

Coonawarra Grapegrowers Association,
Lisa Gulyas,
Administration Officer,
Ph 08 8737 2392,
Fx 08 8737 2433
Mob: 0418 816 316
email: enquiries@coonawarra.org
website: www.coonawarra.org