HVD Vineyard Semillon
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, pan-seared sea bass, salt and pepper squid
✨ Technical Specifications
Planted in 1908, the HVD (Hunter Valley Distillery) Vineyard is situated on a flat, sandy alluvial tongue of land between two creek beds in the heart of the Hunter Valley. This unique terroir produces a Semillon that is historically softer, more floral, and more immediately accessible in its youth than its sibling, Vat 1. Tyrrell's crafts this single-vineyard gem using traditional low-intervention methods: the grapes are hand-picked early in the season to preserve natural acidity, gently pressed, and fermented entirely in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks without any oak contact. This minimalist approach captures the pure, pristine essence of these centenarian vines, resulting in a wine of remarkable line, length, and historical pedigree.
🍾 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
100% Semillon
🍷 ABV
11% - 11.5%