"Terroir, the complete natural environment in which a particular wine is produced including factors such as soil, topography and climate".

Single vineyard wines made from Lansdowne grapes will reflect the individual attributes of this vineyard.
Several wineries refer to us on their labels with reference to the soil and microclimate that is evident in the wine.
Our terroir is made up by factors including
- the red brown topsoil over shaley clay subsoil through to black self mulching clays,
- the katarbatic flow of cooling air currents and pooling of cold air in the perched valley.  This is particularly advantageous in autumn where the lower night time temperatures extend the ripening. We are one of the latest ripening vineyards in the Adelaide Hills
- the overlying cool climate of the Adelaide Hills Wine Region
- the mediterranean climate of wet winters and dry warm summers followed by extended mild and dry autumn days.

The grape varieties we have chosen are ideally suited to the terroir and produce grapes of distinctive high quality.