Welcome to Prince Hill Wines.
From our home in Mudgee, in the heart of the Central Ranges of New South Wales Prince Hill Wines produces fine wines that display the unique varietal of the premium wine growing regions of New South Wales.
Our wines are crafted by a highly experienced and award winning winemaking team and are designed to be fruit driven and an excellent complement to food.
Named after James Prince, an early pioneer who lived in the homestead which is now the site of the winery. Born in 1862 James Prince travelled to North America in search of gold and returned to his home in Mudgee to work the land. Today the Prince family still own some of the original land next o the winery and are keeping James’ legend alive with their involvement in the Mudgee wine region.
We have developed into the largest independent wine producer in Mudgee with genuine passion for creating wines with local character. We believe that the Central Ranges of New South Wales – which comprises Mudgee, Orange and Cowra – has the potential to become an internationally renowned and world class wine region. We hope to show you how good the region can be through the wines that we produce.
Mudgee and the Central Ranges
The Central Ranges wine zone of New South Wales lies to the North and West of the Blue Mountains on the Central Tablelands, and comprises the wine regions of Mudgee, Orange and Cowra. It is fast becoming recognised as a region producing wines of super-premium quality capable of rivalling wines of better known regions of South Australia and Victoria.
Mudgee is located 260 kms north west of Sydney beyond the Great Dividing Range. It is renowned for its rich Shiraz, rounded Cabernets and fine Chardonnays. Blessed with reliable, warm summers and with vineyards sitting at between 450 and 1000 meters, Mudgee’s well drained loam clay soils produce wines of great depth and character.
Orange is a high (600 – 1100 metres), cool climate region with rich basalt over limestone soil, abundant sunshine and good rainfall that produces elegant, medium bodied wines with intense fruit flavours. The leading varieties are proving to be Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
Cowra is a warmer, lower wine region (300 – 400 metres) which has alluvial soils and is most famous for its full, rich Chardonnays, but also produces very good Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Semillon.
Fruit Sourcing
We source fruit from our own vineyards around the winery here in Mudgee, as well as from other vineyards in Mudgee, Orange, Cowra, Hunter, Hilltops and Tumbarumba.
