Adelaide Hills wine region

This article is about the wine region in South Australia. For the locality, see Adelaide Hills.

Adelaide Hills is an Australian geographical indication for wine made from grapes grown in a specific area of the Adelaide Hills east of Adelaide in South Australia.

Adelaide Hills

Wine region
Piccadilly Valley, south of the Mount Lofty Ranges in the Adelaide Hills
Type	Australian geographical indication (AGI)
Year established	1998[1]
Years of wine industry	Since 1830s[2]
Country	Australia
Part of	Mount Lofty Ranges zone[1]
Sub-regions	Lenswood, Piccadilly Valley[3]
Climate region	'II'
Heat units	1150 to 1479[4]
Precipitation (annual average)	203–426 mm (8.0–16.8 in)[5]
Size of planted vineyards	17,873 ha (44,170 acres)[6]
Grapes produced	17,873 t (17,591 long tons; 19,702 short tons)[6]
Varietals produced	Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris[7]
Comments	climate data - 2004, production - 2014

Extent and appellation

The Adelaide Hills wine region covers an area extending along the Mount Lofty Ranges from near Mount Pleasant in the north to Mount Compass at its southern extent.^[1][8] The term 'Adelaide Hills' was registered as an AGI on 9 February 1998.^[1]

Grapes and wine

As of 2014, the most common plantings in the Adelaide Hills wine region within a total planted area of 17,873 ha (44,170 acres) was reported as being Sauvignon Blanc (36.5%) followed by Chardonnay (19.3%), Pinot Noir (14%) and Pinot Gris (5.8%). Alternatively, red wine varietals account for 32.7% of plantings while white wines varietals account for 67.3% of plantings.^[7]

The 2014 vintage is reported as consisting of 5,836 tonnes (5,744 long tons; 6,433 short tons) red grapes crushed valued at A$8,196,142 and 12,037 tonnes (11,847 long tons; 13,269 short tons) white grapes crushed valued at $14,777,631.^[6]

See also

• Wine portal
• South Australia portal

• Lenswood wine sub-region
• Piccadilly Valley wine sub-region
• Wine in Australia
• South Australian food and drink
• Economy of South Australia