Pyrenees

Fast Facts

  • Latitude:
    37°09’S
  • Altitude:
    220–375 m
  • Heat degree days:
    1530
  • Growing season rainfall:
    220 mm
  • Mean January temp:
    20.9°C
  • Harvest:
    Late February to late April
  • Chief viticultural hazard:
    Drought; cockatoos

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Discover the Pyrenees with James Halliday's Wine Atlas of Australia

The frenzied wine history of the region might be said to commence with its name: the hills and slopes may well be ideal for viticulture, but the scale of the Pyrenees Ranges is puny compared to the alps on the Franco–Spanish border.

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