Tasmania is an island off the south-east coast of mainland Australia. It has the lowest mean January temperature of Australia’s wine regions – 15.6℃.
The GI is 68,582 km2 in size and has a total of 2,084 hectares of vineyards. The main varieties grown in the region are Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris/Grigio.
Tasmania 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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2,084 ha
Total vineyard area
0-1264m
Altitude
-43.743
Latitude (southernmost point)
477mm
15.6°c
Top varieties grown in Tasmania
Climate
- Very similar to Champagne and parts of the Rhine Valley
- 40% of the annual rainfall comes during the growing season
- High humidity, spring frosts
Soil
Extremely varied soils from north to south:
- Sandstone and schist in Derwent Valley
- Peaty alluvial and sandy low humus soils in Coal River Valley
- Pipers River has deep, free-draining, friable soils
- Tamar Valley is gravelly basalt on a clay and limestone base