Southern NSW truffle producing properties: Where to buy into the truffiere trend

There's plenty of luck growing and then finding them.

But there's a marked trend of NSW southern highland and southern tableland properties offering the prospect.

And perhaps even greater interest since Australia’s largest French black Périgord truffle has been found at Yelverton Truffles in NSW’s Southern Highlands and at $2000 plus it has snapped up for diners at Bowral’s Centennial Vineyards Restaurant. The Australian Truffle Growers Association confirmed the 1.172kg truffle bettered the previous record of 1.084kg. The world record is 1.3kg.

Property Observer found four truffle farms ranging from a vacant $195,000 block to $2.6 million offering where the trees were planted in 2002.

Swallows Lodge, the truffiere in the heart of the O’Connell valley, with frontage to the Fish River, comes with a $699,000 asking price.

There's 1,000 trees on the five acres patch within the 137 acre holding. There's also a small olive grove with remaining land used for grazing.

It is five minutes drive from the popular village of O’Connell, and 20 minutes to Bathurst.

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"Swallows Lodge has had all the hard work done with an established truffiere providing you the opportunity to become a French Truffle producer," the Ray White Emms Mooney Oberon office marketing says.

"This is a rare opportunity to see a young truffle grove reach its full potential," it advised.

Rosewood Trufferie at Maralun has been listed at $995,000. Its a 12 hectare holding 35 minutes drive from Bowral and Goulburn (pictured below).

"One of the most prolific producing trufferies in the region," the marketing says.

It comes with two hectares of Black Périgord truffles from 970 trees.

There is a $2.6 million asking price on a truffiere at Tarago.

It has established trees planted in two stages on a 15 hectare block developed over 10 years on Willandra Lane (pictured below).

The first stage already producing 60 kilograms of saleable truffles per year.

The trufferie of inoculated robur and ilex oaks along with hazel nut trees is split into areas of three ha and six hectare lots.

Both lots are securely fenced with netting and external electric wire to prevent animal entry to the trufferie area. 

The first three hectares of 1,750 trees was established in 2002 and 2003 and is already producing the current annual harvest.

The second six hectares of 2,500 trees were established in 2008 and 2009, expected to start producing truffles during the winters of 2013 - 2014.

"When fully mature (12-14 years) the expected industry standard of 60kg per hectare is anticipated," the marketing suggests.

At Braidwood, Truffle Ponds which sits to the West of Mt Gillamatong, has been listed at $195,000 through Ray White Braidwood (pictured below).

"Truffle trees, garlic and native trees are all established and if you are lucky enough you might find enough truffles to help with the kids school fees," the marketing says.

It's a vacant block otherwise. 

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