region · SA · registered 1997

Mount Benson

Mount Benson is a registered Australian wine region inside the Limestone Coast zone, with a mild climate and 534 hectares under vine. This atlas holds 3 wineries standing inside its boundary.

Climate
Mild · 19.4°C
Mean January temperature, 2005-2024
Under vine
534 ha
Planted vineyard area
Altitude
0–70 m
Range across the GI
Rainfall
557 mm
Annual; 190 mm in the growing season
Degree days
1,508
Growing degree days, October–April
Average crush
3,088 t
Tonnes, 2021-2025
Registered
1997
Entered on the Register of Protected GIs
Area
276 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.

2,535
3,314
4,217
2,988
2,433
3,793
202020212022202320242025

Wineries3

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

Cape Jaffa Wines
Wangolina, SA
Norfolk Rise Winery
Wangolina, SA
Wangolina
Wangolina, SA

Read the legal description of the Mount Benson 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.