WOOL classified as 1PP is the "best of the best", according to fine wool buyers at the Australian Wool Exchange.
And Tasmanian wool grower Simon Cameron, Kingston, Conara, has achieved not one, but two of the prestigious bales.
Having produced a 1PP bale a couple of years ago, Kingston wool agent Brett Cox (pictured with the top-priced bale), AWN, said this was the first time Mr Cameron had achieved two in the one clip.
Sold into the 150 Reda contract, the bales reached 3576 and 3750 cents a kilograms last week, dramatically more than the 1500c/kg they were valued at before receiving the 1PP classification.
1PP is the highest level of certification superfine wool can achieve in Australia, and must be produced within the country.
To be certified 1PP a bale must be 16.9 micron or finer, contain 1 per cent vegetable matter or less, be at least 70 millimetres in length and exhibit superlative quality, style and soundness.
Each bale also has to be prepared in the best possible manner and have a minimum net weight of 90kg.
The bale that sold at the higher price was from unrugged Merino wethers, measured at 15.5M and had a staple strength of 44 Newtons per kilotex.
The Kingston flock has clip averages of 16.7M, 46.7N/kt for strength, 75.5 yield and 99.7 per cent comfort factor.
Station-bred rams from Shalimar Park genetics are used at Kingston, and, Glen Stuat and Trefusis 85pc of the flock are now non-mulesed.
Owner Simon Cameron said the achievement was a "just rewards" for the properties manager Lyndel Poole and wool classer Ev Archer.
"The results we have got is directly related to the management of the flock by Lyndel Poole, who has been managing the property since 2007," he said.
"She has worked on both genetics and land management, as well as focusing on wool handling and preparation to produce the 1PP quality product."
Kingston has been a superfine property since in the 1950s, when Mr Cameron's father Ralph started the operation with bloodlines from Valley Field and Winton.
Successori Reda wool buyer Andrew Raeber purchased the Kingston bales as a part of the 150 Reda project.
The Italian fabric maker will celebrate 150 years of business next year, and to celebrate will purchase 150 bales of Australian 1PP wool.
Starting the project in 2013, Mr Raeber said about 30 to 40 Australian bales were classified 1PP a year, and the Reda project was encouragement for fine wool growers to set their aims high.
The bales will be made into a special commemorative fabric and sold to some of the most renowned suit makers across Europe.
- More from the wool stores in the Stock & Land February 20 edition
