Description
About Pooley Wines
Pooley Wines’ cellar door is in the heart of the Coal River Valley in Richmond, Tasmania, located at the historic Belmont, a grand heritage-listed, convict-built home circa 1832.
The Coal River Valley is a historic river plain that has deposits of various alluvial soils in the bends and rivulets of the Coal River. Permian mudstone and sandstone outcrops feature through much of the Valley with Triassic sandstones, shales and coal measures tending to the East.
Our vineyards are located inland from surrounding bodies of water. Our region is considerably drier than our northern and further southern growing counterparts and contributes to more extreme temperatures and conditions throughout the year.
While being more continental, the Coal River Valley still enjoys interaction from the surrounding Southern Ocean, allowing us to have a long ripening period moderated by a maritime climate. This creates a beautiful diurnal effect of warm sunny days and cool dewy nights and distinct annual seasons. The lower rainfall of the region presents a great opportunity in reducing disease pressures in our vineyards.
In the context of Pooley Wines, we have a strong focus on biological farming as it uses softer, more naturally derived inputs that support both vine balance and soil ecology. We implement regenerative agricultural practices by dedicating permanent biodiversity zones on our sites to build back the landscape. Additionally, we are committed to upcycling green waste from our vineyards into valuable and available vine nutrition. These foundations are paramount to continued productivity and resilience in a changing climate.
In the winery, our wines are handled gently with minimal intervention. Committing to producing certified organic wine supports our unwavering quest to capture the truest expression of site in every drop. Having the most natural inputs from vine to wine ensures we are paying homage to terroir and all the stories of that vintage. Undergoing the certification of our wine is how we sign and seal our promise.
