Mother's Vineyard Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3 to 12 years from the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can age gracefully for longer.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, grilled lamb chops with rosemary, earthy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Mother's Vineyard Shiraz is a heartfelt tribute to the family's matriarchs and the unique terroir of the Hunter Valley. Sourced from the historic Mother's block, which was planted in 1969 on the sandy loam soils of the Ashmans property, this wine represents the classic, medium-bodied style of traditional Hunter Valley Shiraz. Unlike the heavier, more robust Shiraz styles found in warmer Australian regions, the Mother's Vineyard Shiraz is celebrated for its bright red fruit profile, savory complexity, and earthy undertones. The grapes are gently fermented in open vats before being matured in large, older French oak casks to preserve the pure expression of the fruit and the distinct sense of place. This traditional approach yields a wine of exceptional elegance, balance, and seamless structure, carrying forward a legacy of minimal intervention winemaking.
🍾 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% - 13.5%