TERROIR PROFILE
Great Southern
Australia's largest GI · cool mountain climate
Great Southern — Australia's Riesling stronghold. Howard Park, Frankland Estate, Plantagenet.
TERROIR PROFILE · Western Australia
Great Southern Australia's largest GI · cool mountain climate
Great Southern — Australia's Riesling stronghold. Howard Park, Frankland Estate, Plantagenet.
SOILS
Graniteelegant, lightly spicy
Weathered granite produces elegant, slender wines with fine, lightly spicy profile.
Loambody-rich, velvety
Loamy soils give wines volume and a soft, velvety mouthfeel.
Gravel / Sandlight, approachable
Gravel and sand drain heavily — vines struggle for water, wines turn fine, light and elegant.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Cool climate, cold continental inland, maritime at coast.
TOPOGRAPHY · mixed
Diverse topography in 5 sub-zones: Frankland River, Mount Barker, Porongurup, Albany, Denmark.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Pemberton
Western Australia
94% similar
- Sun (slightly): Great Southern gets more sun → deeper colour, riper tannin (8 vs. 7).
- Freshness (slightly): Great Southern has more freshness → crisp acidity, long ageing (9 vs. 8).
Bodensee
Baden
93% similar
- Sun (slightly): Great Southern gets more sun → deeper colour, riper tannin (8 vs. 7).
- Minerality (slightly): Great Southern is more mineral → salty-stony notes, more tension (8 vs. 7).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 6 →This terroir's soils in the glossary