Just east of Melbourne, in Victoria, is the wine region of Yarra Valley. It has one of the lowest mean January temperatures of the Victorian wine regions (18.9℃) and is one of the largest wine regions outside of Murray Darling - Swan Hill.
The GI is 3,130 km2 in size and has a total of 2,837 hectares of vineyards. The main varieties grown in the region are Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Shiraz, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Yarra Valley Regional Snapshot 2023-24
Regional Snapshots are one-page profiles updated annually of individual Australian wine regions. They provide at-a-glance summary statistics on: climatic characteristics, viticulture data, winegrape production, and winegrape price and export sales data for wine, compared against the same statistics for the whole of Australia.
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2,837 ha
Total vineyard area
17-1338m
Altitude
-37.978
Latitude (southernmost point)
559mm
18.9°c
Top varieties grown in Yarra Valley
Climate
- Difference in altitude and aspect leads to substantial variation in mesoclimate
- Even warmest sites are relatively cool
- Mean January temperature in Healesville is 19.4°C
- Of the annual rainfall of 1160mm only 200mm falls between October and April
Soil
- Grey-brown sandy loam with a mix of rocky clay sub-soil. Derived from the ancient sandstone of the Great Dividing Range
- Younger red soils of volcanic origin