Estate Grown Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–12 years from the vintage, though exceptional vintages can cellar gracefully for up to 15 years.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-roasted lamb shoulder, grilled ribeye steak, earthy wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Estate Grown Shiraz represents the quintessential medium-bodied style of the historic Hunter Valley, crafted from vines grown on the estate's prized alluvial flat and red volcanic clay soils. This wine is a tribute to the Tyrrell family's deep-rooted history in Pokolbin, where they have farmed since 1858. Unlike the heavier, high-alcohol Shiraz styles found in warmer Australian regions, this estate bottling emphasizes elegance, bright red fruit, and savory complexity. Fermented in open-top fermenters and aged in a combination of large, older French oak casks and foudres, it preserves the bright primary fruit and distinctive earthy, leathery undertones characteristic of classic Hunter Shiraz. It is a wine steeped in the heritage of one of Australia's founding wine families, reflecting a traditional, hands-off winemaking philosophy.
🍾 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
Shiraz
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13% - 13.5%