Thompson Estate

Region:

Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

Address:

299 Tom Cullity Drive, Wilyabrup, WA, 6284, Australia

Website:

http://www.thompsonestate.com

Description:

Jane and Peter Thompson purchased the Thompson Estate property in 1994, and the first plantings of chardonnay and pinot were in 1997, followed by the cabernet plantings in 1998 and new Burgundian clones of chardonnay in 2009. In 2018 they purchased a vineyard planted 1997 in nearby Treeton which has brought the total plantings of mature vines to 40 hectares. The vineyards have the ideal number of sun exposure days per year for optimal ripening, and surrounded by sea on three sides on the South West cape of Western Australia, allowing the cooling maritime breezes keep the fruit cool and add intensity of flavours similar to the great years of the Bordeaux region of France. Thompson Estate and its immediate neighbours in Wilyabrup produce some of Australia’s “icon status” chardonnays and cabernets. It is with some pride and fascination for Peter Thompson, a cardiologist, that Vasse Felix, the first vineyard in Margaret River, and Thompson Estate's next door neighbor, was planted in Wilyabrup by Dr Tom Cullity, a cardiologist who was a mentor for Peter.

Email:

office@thompsonestate.com

Phone:

+61 8 9755 6406