region · SA · registered 2003

Coonawarra

Coonawarra is a registered Australian wine region inside the Limestone Coast zone, with a mild climate and 5,292 hectares under vine. This atlas holds 21 wineries standing inside its boundary.

Climate
Mild · 20.5°C
Mean January temperature, 2005-2024
Under vine
5,292 ha
Planted vineyard area
Altitude
51–127 m
Range across the GI
Rainfall
598 mm
Annual; 238 mm in the growing season
Degree days
1,556
Growing degree days, October–April
Average crush
35,585 t
Tonnes, 2021-2025
Registered
2003
Entered on the Register of Protected GIs
Area
398 km²
Total area of the GI

The boundary

Wine Australia’s spatial interpretation of the GI’s legal description. Winery pins are placed by their own coordinates — this map is how each one was assigned.

Crush by vintage

Tonnes crushed, as reported to Wine Australia. A short bar is a small vintage — frost, drought or fire — not a small region.

29,428
55,836
39,930
22,424
30,777
35,294
202020212022202320242025

Wineries21

These premises stand inside the Coonawarra boundary. Where a winery sources its fruit, and what appears on its label, is the winery’s to state.

Read the legal description of the Coonawarra GI →

Boundary and regional statistics: Geographical Indications of Australia, © Wine Australia, used under CC BY 4.0. The boundary shown is Wine Australia’s spatial interpretation of the GI’s legal textual description; where the two differ, the text prevails.