Dalrymple’s celebrated vineyard of just 12.3 hectares and with vines exceeding 20 years, rise up an easterly facing slope from 100m to 160m above sea level. With latitude of 41°, the vineyard shares similar conditions to that found in Burgundy. On the western border of the property lies the extinct volcanic crater which created the vineyard’s rich basalt soils of a moderate depth and so provide excellent drainage to avoid waterlogging, keeping the vines in relatively good balance.