Old Winery Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken, creamy pasta dishes, grilled seafood
✨ Technical Specifications
Named in honor of the historic slab hut winery built on the Pokolbin estate in 1863, Tyrrell's Old Winery Chardonnay is a testament to the family's enduring winemaking legacy. This wine is crafted to express a modern, fruit-forward style of Australian Chardonnay, sourcing fruit from select vineyards across South Eastern Australia. Unlike the heavy, heavily-oaked styles of yesteryear, this expression focuses on freshness and vibrancy. The grapes are harvested at optimal ripeness and fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel to preserve the bright primary fruit characters of peach, citrus, and melon, while a subtle touch of oak integration lends a delicate creaminess and structural complexity to the palate.
🍾 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
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13%