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 Inspired by a landscape that reminded him of his beloved Scotland, explorer and squatter Angus McMillan was so moved by his first view of eastern Victoria from Mount Macleod in 1839, that he ‘…named it at the moment Caledonia Australis’. Caledonia, an old name for Scotland, and Australis, meaning southern is the region now known as Gippsland. Today certain privileged vineyard sites around the Gippsland town of Leongatha are proving to have the terroir essential for producing high quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines.
The Company’s three vineyard sites, all in the Leongatha region, were selected to an exacting criteria - red, free draining, high ironstone soils with ironstone pebbling through the soil, on a marl or limestone base, east to north-east facing. They are fabulous vineyard sites. The Company is truly fortunate to have been able to acquire such sites in the Leongatha area and plant them to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to produce the fruit for premium and super premium wines.
Caledonia Australis' website
 
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