Beside Broke Road Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 1–5 years from vintage release to appreciate its vibrant fruit profile.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops, wood-fired pepperoni pizza, roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
The Beside Broke Road range by Tyrrell's pays homage to the winery's historic home on Broke Road in the Hunter Valley, yet for this expressive Shiraz, Tyrrell's sources fruit from select premium vineyards in Victoria. This geographical choice allows the winemakers to capture a more vibrant, dark-fruit-forward profile with the characteristic cool-climate spice of Victorian terroir. Crafted for immediate appeal and everyday enjoyment, the wine is fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel before undergoing brief maturation in seasoned French oak. This gentle oak treatment ensures the bright plum, blackberry, and cracked black pepper notes remain at the forefront, offering a beautifully balanced, medium-bodied expression of Australian Shiraz.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1858 by English immigrant Edward Tyrrell, Tyrrell's is one of Australia's founding wine dynasties and a cornerstone member of Australia's First Families of Wine. Nestled beneath the Brokenback Range in the Pokolbin subdistrict of the Hunter Valley, the estate oversees some of the world's rarest own-rooted heritage vineyards, notably the Sacred Sites planted as early as 1867 and 1879. Viticulture focuses on sustainable stewardship over ancient alluvial flats and weathered clay loams under a warm, maritime-influenced sub-tropical microclimate. The winemaking philosophy balances traditional techniques, neutral oak, and minimal intervention to preserve purity, vitality, and sense of place. Tyrrell's benchmark portfolio is internationally celebrated for Vat 1 Hunter Semillon—an austere, unwooded white renowned for its transformative longevity—alongside Vat 47 Chardonnay, widely credited with pioneering commercial Australian Chardonnay, and the singular, medium-bodied Old Patch and Vat 9 Shirazes.
🍇 Grapes
Shiraz
🍷 ABV
13.5% - 14.0%