Porongurup

Fast Facts

  • Latitude:
    34°10’S
  • Altitude:
    250–300 m
  • Heat degree days:
    1441
  • Growing season rainfall:
    310 mm
  • Mean January temp:
    19°C
  • Harvest:
    Mid-March to early May
  • Chief viticultural hazard:
    Birds

Discover the wine region of Porongurup, Western Australia

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While this subregion locks into that of Mount Barker on its west, and covers the same latitude range, the feel of Porongurup is quite different. Great stands of lowering eucalypt forest and a massive series of rounded granite knobs in one part give way to sweeping views out over the Stirlings towards Esperance in another.

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