McLaren Vale

Appellation

McLaren Vale is a GI region of Fleurieu in Australia.

Maritime region south of Adelaide between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Gulf St Vincent. Shiraz and Grenache dominate, and the region has mapped dozens of distinct geologies across its districts.

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Key facts

Type: GI region (Wine Australia)
Protected since: 1997-09-02
Area: 43,278 ha registered outline
Centre: 35.1989° S, 138.5610° E
State: South Australia
Legal basis: Wine Australia Act 2013; Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms.

Outline: From the Wine Australia GI register, via the adynak/WineRegions copy.

Where it is

Nearest town: 8.3 km south of Morphett Vale
Nearest city: 30 km south of Adelaide 1,469,163 people
To the sea: 8.3 km
Same latitude: Curepto (Chile), General Alvear (Argentina)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 0–410 m
Mean elevation: 131 m

Measured over the whole outline on 111,897 elevation cells of about 62 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 12

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