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Springhill Vineyard
Eden Valley, South Australia
- HEIGHT 390 - 430 metres.
- BASIC AREA 23.97 acres (9.6 hectares) in production, but cose planting gives an effective 33.76 acres. (13.5 hectares.)
- PLANTINGS Spacing is such that 870 vines per acre is used (2175 vine per hectare) rather than the usual Barossa Eden Valley planting of 600. (1500 per hectare.)
- SOIL TYPE Ancient grey brown podzolics over gravel. Topsoil depth 5cm to 30cm.
- BASIC LAYOUT Boomerang shaped, north south saddle.
- ANNUAL RAINFALL 680mm. Mostly May to October.
- SITUATION 65 Kilometres north east of Adelaide, 4kilometres due west of Eden Valley township, 12 kilometres from consistent coldest area in South Australia.
- VARIETIES
- Merlot 3.6 hectares
- Zinfandel 0.6 hectares
- Chardonnay 4.8 hectares
- Meslier 1.0 hectares
- Pinot Gris 1.0 hectares
- AVERAGE YIELD 108 tonnes per year, or 9.8 tonnes per hectare.
- TRELLIS METHODS Mostly two wire vertical but Pinot Gris and Zinfandel have moving foliage wires.
0.72 hectares Merlot onto Smart Dyson system, with one arm permanent. One metre spacings in row and 2.2 mtetres between rows.
- PRUNING METHODS Mostly rod and spur in early plantings. (81 to 92)Spur on permanent arm to Zinfandel, Pinot Gris and latest close planted Merlot.
- FERTILIZER Especially on younger vines.Organic at planting, and inorganic during 1st and 2nd year. At bearing all vines get urea at bud swell.
- HARVESTING First two years of bearing picked by hand, then depending on winemaking, some may be hand picked while the rest is machine picked.
- WORKFORCE One permanent part time and two casual workers.
- PLANTABLE LAND Approximately 2 hectares left to plant.
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