The View Hill property spans 60 hectares, with close to half under vine.
Far from uniform, the site rolls, tilts and shifts – blocks stretch across ridges and slopes with changing aspects, elevations and exposures.
Beneath it all lies a complex mix of soil – granite, siltstone and marine sandstone –layered by water, wind, fire ... and a few hundred million years of quiet upheaval.
What looks like a single hill is anything but. View Hill is a geological patchwork – three distinct soil types scattered across ridges, elevations and aspects.
Granite underpins the entire vineyard – but it has company. Woven through the slopes are bands of siltstone and pockets of ancient marine sandstone and limestone. These aren’t just soils; they’re timelines.
Volcanic granodiorite runs through the upper slopes – coarse, fast-draining, mineral-rich. Mid-slopes are cut by dense, moisture-holding siltstone. The lower reaches hold something rarer –marine sandstone streaked with limestone, previously undocumented here.
Each layer brings its own rhythm. Drainage shifts, nutrients vary, roots do their own thing. The site’s original mapping didn’t tell the full story – but time (and digging) did. Three ancient landscapes, layered and bound together.
First planted in 1997, the vineyard has built a quiet reputation for wines with tension, texture and a quiet kind of power. This site doesn’t just shape the wines – it defines them.
Roughly 30 hectares are under vine, fanning down and out from the house at an elevation of 150 metres down to the fence line at 80.
At its core is Nebbiolo – the soul of our site, and the lens through which we’re chasing something singular: an iconic Australian expression of this incredibly stubborn grape. Alongside it sit the contemporary Yarra classics: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir along with smaller plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and our much beloved Ribolla Gialla.
Some vines date back to that first 1997 planting, others are younger – grafted or planted as recently as 2023. Replanting is an ever-evolving program, refining what grows where...and why.
Here, farming means restraint and respect – working with the site, not around it. Inputs stay low, expectations high. We follow the vineyard’s lead, patience (and manual labour) do the heavy lifting.
