Old Hillside Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3 to 10 years from the vintage release, though top vintages can evolve gracefully for up to 15 years.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled lamb chops, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Old Hillside Shiraz is a quintessential representation of the classic Hunter Valley style, sourced from select, dry-grown hillside vineyards in this historic New South Wales region. Unlike the heavier, high-alcohol Shiraz styles found in warmer parts of Australia, the Hunter Valley produces a medium-bodied, savory, and highly aromatic expression. Tyrrell's utilizes traditional winemaking techniques, including fermentation in open-top vats and maturation in large, older French oak casks to respect the delicate fruit profile. The result is a wine rich in red berry fruit, white pepper, and earthy complexity, carrying the legacy of one of Australia's founding wine families.
🍾 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
13.0% - 13.5%