Maturity & aroma
We target black winter truffle at the point when the gleba has darkened and the aroma has developed — because early truffle may look the part but cannot deliver the same culinary experience.
BLACK WINTER TRUFFLE · TUBER MELANOSPORUM
From the winter earth
of Manjimup.
Estate-grown Australian black truffle, harvested for maturity and aroma — with the provenance and consistency professional buyers need — supplied commercially through Pottinger Truffles Australia.
Southern Forests · Western Australia
Fresh season · Southern Hemisphere winter
What matters in fresh truffle
Quality is not a label.
It is what arrives.
For a distributor, a beautiful truffle is only useful if it performs when the box is opened: the right species, full maturity, immediate aroma, firm texture, clean condition, dependable grading and a clear path back to origin.
Haiku Hills is being built around those buying decisions — not around volume at any cost.
Freshness & firmness
Fresh truffle is perishable. Firmness, condition and time from harvest matter because aroma and usable yield deteriorate as product ages.
Provenance
One farm. One origin. Estate-grown Tuber melanosporum from Manjimup, with grower identity preserved through grading and distribution.
Commercial fit
Different kitchens need different grades. Commercial discussions around size, shape, intended use, seasonal volume and delivery cadence are handled through Pottinger Truffles Australia.
A COLD-CLIMATE FARM IN THE SOUTHERN FORESTS
“Winter is not a backdrop here. It is part of the crop.”
The place
Haiku Hills,
Manjimup.
A family farm set among the forests, valleys and winter rainfall of Western Australia’s Southern Forests.
Manjimup has become one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most important regions for black Périgord truffle. At Haiku Hills, rows of inoculated oak trees sit within a much larger farm landscape of forest, water, pasture and orchard.
The farm is not a brand story invented around the truffle. It is the origin of it.
4,000maturing inoculated trees, with a further 2,000 planned for planting next year
>40 kgfrom our original four-year-old planting
3-year treesalready producing their first truffles
From earth to hand
Harvested one
truffle at a time.
A truffle’s value begins before grading. It begins with when it is taken from the ground.
The product
Tuber melanosporum
Black winter truffle,
grown in Australia.
The same species sought from Périgord and other established European regions, available during the Southern Hemisphere winter.
SpeciesTuber melanosporum
OriginManjimup, Western Australia
Fresh seasonAustralian winter
DistributionThrough Pottinger Truffles Australia
Proof of production
From first harvest
to commercial scale.
Haiku Hills is moving through the part of a truffière’s life that matters to a long-term buyer: established production from the original block, with a substantially larger younger planting now entering its productive years.
That creates an opportunity to build distributor relationships while supply is expanding — with volumes discussed transparently by season rather than promised beyond what the farm can deliver.
Beyond the truffière
A working farm, shaped by season.
Haiku Hills sits within a much larger Manjimup landscape of water, pasture, forest and winter weather. The truffles come from this place — not from a production shed or anonymous supply chain.
Place matters
Cold mornings, wet winters and a farm built around the crop’s natural rhythm.
At the table
What matters is
what happens at the table.
A truffle is ultimately judged in the kitchen — when aroma opens, when texture holds, and when it elevates the dish in front of the guest.
Everything upstream matters only because of that moment: maturity, freshness, firmness, clean condition, grading and dispatch. The goal is not simply to grow truffle, but to deliver product that performs when it is shaved, warmed and served.
The end point is culinary performance — not just harvest.
Our commercial pathway · international export
Grown at Haiku Hills.
Sold to Pottinger Truffles.
Haiku Hills sells its commercial truffle harvest directly to Pottinger Truffles Australia.
Pottinger Truffles is an export wholesaler specialising in international truffle supply. Dave Pottinger handles grading, export and wholesale distribution, while Haiku Hills product remains separately identified and batched by grower.
Pottinger Truffles Australia
International export wholesaler · Manjimup, Western Australia
- 01Haiku Hills sells its commercial harvest directly to Pottinger Truffles Australia.
- 02Haiku Hills product is kept isolated and identified by grower through grading and distribution.
- 03Pottinger Truffles supplies international export customers only; domestic Australian sales are not part of this supply arrangement.
- 04Typical export orders are 10 kg or more, with introductory orders from approximately 5 kg considered.
Dave Pottinger
Pottinger Truffles Australia · International export wholesale
Phone+61 458 760 229
Websitepottingertruffles.com ↗
Haiku Hills grows the truffle. Pottinger Truffles buys our commercial harvest and handles international export wholesale.