Originally bushland, the picturesque 56 acre Blackboy Ridge property was planted to vines in 1978 making it one of the oldest vineyards in Western Australia. The current owners Adrian Jones and Jackie Barton purchased the property in 1999 with the release of the first vintage under the Blackboy Ridge label in 2003.

The vineyard itself is set amongst Jarrah and Marri woodland, located high in the hills overlooking the town of Donnybrook. The vineyard is divided equally between plantings of red and white varieties, namely Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Semillon and Chenin Blanc. All these varieties are well suited to the Mediterranean climate, and thrive on the gentle north facing slopes of gravely loam soils which are common in the Geographe region.

The aim at Blackboy Ridge is to grow premium quality grapes, strong in varietal flavours to create elegant wines. All of the estate's fruit is hand picked from netted, dry grown vines to maintain the highest quality, with wine making being undertaken

in a state of the art modern winery before carefully barrel ageing in predominantly French oak barriques. With only a few vintages in the cellar Blackboy Ridge has already achieved multiple medal status and rave literary reviews with almost all of the wines released to date and there are plans afoot to achieve even more success with each and every vintage. The future at Blackboy Ridge is firmly set on producing great wines for your enjoyment, with the focus being in the vineyard, which as most connoisseurs will agree is where great wines are made.