Renowned for its rich, terra rossa soil, the Limestone Coast is one of Australia’s great wine zones. Best known for the region of Coonawarra, where first vines were planted in 1891 as part of the ‘Penola Fruit Colony’, the area has achieved longstanding recognition for its fine red wines. The other regions, while perhaps less publicized, share the benefits of mineral-rich soil and proximity to the coast. The soils are predominantly terra rossa – rich red-brown loam topsoil laid over a thin layer of calcrete, sitting on top of a base of the region’s abundance of white limestone.
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