Belford Single Vineyard Semillon
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Freshly shucked oysters, pan-seared scallops, or grilled white fish with a squeeze of lemon.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Belford vineyard, planted in 1933, is the furthest north of Tyrrell's single-vineyard sites in the Hunter Valley. Unlike the sandy alluvial soils of Pokolbin, Belford features a unique, fine silty loam over clay, which imparts a distinctive structural power and flinty, chalky minerality to the wine. Hand-harvested and fermented entirely in stainless steel without any oak contact, this single-vineyard Semillon is celebrated for its laser-like acidity and remarkable purity in its youth, which gradually evolves into a rich, complex masterpiece of toast, lemongrass, and beeswax notes.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1858 by Edward Tyrrell, Tyrrell's is one of Australia's oldest and most prestigious family-owned wineries, nestled against the Brokenback Range in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Spanning five generations of family stewardship, the estate played a seminal role in shaping modern Australian viticulture, including pioneering the country's first commercial Chardonnay with the legendary Vat 47 in 1971. The winery remains dedicated to traditional, minimal-intervention winemaking and the preservation of historic, own-rooted old-vine parcels that yield exceptional regional character. Tyrrell's is internationally acclaimed for its benchmark Vat 1 Semillon, celebrated for its extraordinary longevity, as well as distinguished, elegant Hunter Valley Shiraz and sparkling wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Semillon
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
11% - 11.5%