Pyrenees
An Australian wine region located in the Western Victoria Zone of VICTORIA. It’s situated a little over 100 miles north of Melbourne in the heart of Victoria’s gold country around the town of Avoca in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range. Its wine history ties to the discovery of gold in this region in the mid-1800s. Wine production was spotty until the 1960s and 1970s when interest in the Pyrenees began to revive. Today there are about 1,000 acres of vineyards and thirteen wineries in the region. Although Chardonnay is the most widely planted variety, this is red-wine country, and the Pyrenees Shiraz (SYRAH) and CABERNET SAUVIGNON wines have very good reputations. Other planted varieties include CABERNET FRANC, MERLOT, PINOT NOIR, RIESLING, SAUVIGNON BLANC, and SÉMILLON. The region produces some SPARKLING WINE from Pinot Meunier (MEUNIER), Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir.
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