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Hunter Valley wine

Hunter Valley
Wine region
Hunter Valley Means Vineyards.jpg
A Hunter Valley vineyard
Official name Hunter
Country Australia
Part of Hunter Valley
Sub-regions Pokolbin, Broke Fordwich, Upper Hunter Valley
Location 32°42′S 151°16′E / 32.700°S 151.267°E / -32.700; 151.267Coordinates: 32°42′S 151°16′E / 32.700°S 151.267°E / -32.700; 151.267
Climate region Ib
Heat units 2070-2170
Varietals produced Semillon, Shiraz, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Verdelho
Broke Fordwich
Wine region
Vineyards in BrokeFordwich Wine District.jpg
Vineyards in the Broke Fordwich area
Type Australian Geographical Indication
Year established 1997
Country Australia
No. of vineyards 50
Varietals produced Semillon, Chardonnay, Shiraz
No. of wineries 16
Pokolbin
Wine region
Type Australian Geographical Indication
Year established 2010
Country Australia
Part of Hunter wine region
Upper Hunter Valley
Wine region
Type Australian Geographical Indication
Year established 2010
Country Australia
Location 32°24′S 150°42′E / 32.4°S 150.7°E / -32.4; 150.7
Heat units 2070
Precipitation (annual average) 530 millimetres (21 in)

The Hunter Valley is one of Australia's best known wine regions. Located in the state of New South Wales, the region has played a pivotal role in the history of Australian wine as one of the first wine regions planted in the early 19th century. Hunter Valley Semillon is widely considered the iconic wine of the region but the Hunter produces wine from a variety of grapes including Shiraz, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Verdelho.

Under Australia's wine appellation system, the Hunter Valley zone Australian Geographical Indication (GI) covers the entire catchment of the Hunter River and its tributaries. Within that, the Hunter region is almost as large, and includes most of the wine-producing areas, excluding the metropolitan area of Newcastle and nearby coastal areas, some national parks, and any land that was in the Mudgee Shire (at the western heights of the catchment). There are three named subregions in the Hunter region. These are the Upper Hunter Valley, Broke Fordwich and Pokolbin subregions. The Lower Hunter Valley is not strictly defined, but in general includes the Pokolbin subregion, along with the districts around Wollombi, Mount View, Cessnock and Lovedale. Much of the history of Hunter was played out in this area and it is generally what is referred as the Hunter Valley wine country. The majority of the Hunter Valley's most prestigious vineyards are located on the southern valley and foothills of the Brokenback Range (part of the Great Dividing Range). The topography of the Hunter includes mostly gently sloping hills with modest gradients. The one notable exception are the vineyards of Mount View just west of the town of Cessnock. The terrain of the Upper Hunter is noticeably flatter as the Goulburn River and other tributaries of the Hunter River dominate the area.


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