Centare Vineyard is located on Wurundjeri country, by Badgers Creek, approximately 4km from the central Yarra Valley township of Healesville. The land once formed part of the Coranderrk Station, an Aboriginal reserve run by the Victorian government between 1863 and 1924. The property has recently been included in a nomination for registration on the Victorian Heritage Register.  

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People as Traditional Custodians of the Yarra Valley Wine Region and their connections to land, water and community. We pay our respects to their elders, past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Photo: AGSA, Martha Berkeley Collection. Gift of William and Carol Jolly and family through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2013

The first four hectares (40,000 vines) of Centare Vineyard's high-density project were planted in a long-time fallow block, to selected clones of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Merlot and Petit Verdot, over the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

We look forward to the first very small and controlled crops of some Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon from 2023 and other clones and varieties to gradually follow over the next few years. Our management strategy is very conservative, aiming for ideal balance and maturity towards the end of the decade - but with much 'fun to be had' producing and sharing small, trial batches along the way.

This block will be the reference for future development.