Long Flat Red
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops, classic beef burgers, spaghetti bolognese
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Long Flat Red is one of Australia's most historic and iconic everyday red blends. First released in 1966 by the legendary Murray Tyrrell, it was created to offer an approachable, easy-drinking, and affordable red wine that captured the sunshine of New South Wales. Named after a flat paddock near the historic Pokolbin homestead, this wine played a pivotal role in introducing generations of Australians to red wine. Historically crafted as a classic Australian blend of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, it combined the spicy, soft plum characters of Shiraz with the structure and blackcurrant notes of Cabernet. Though the brand was eventually sold in the 2000s, its legacy remains as a pioneer of the modern, fruit-forward Australian red blend style.
🍾 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, Cabernet Sauvignon
🍷 ABV
13% - 13.5%