Virgin Hills

Virgin Hills was the creation of the eccentric Hungarian-born sculptor and restaurateur Tom Lazar. Arriving from Paris in the mid-1960's, he found a country and a wine industry, very different to the one we know today. Lazar was determined to change all that. He established the acclaimed Little Reata restaurant in Melbourne. Then in 1968, came his grand vision of Virgin Hills. Inspired, he bought 300 acres of rugged bushland high in the Macedo...

Location
Virgin Hills Estate is at Lauriston, 15km west of Kyneton Victoria in the Macedon Ranges. The altitude of the vineyard is 600 metres above sea level, making it one of Australia's highest vineyards.

Soils

The Virgin Hills vineyard is carved out of dense eucalyptus bushland. The soils classic profile is that of friable red/brown topsoil overlying medium red clay soil, which holds moisture in from winter rain's. Underneath all the...