Old Winery Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 1–3 years from vintage release to appreciate its fresh fruit character.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled salmon, wild mushroom pasta
✨ Technical Specifications
The Old Winery range by Tyrrell's is named in honor of the historic slab hut winery constructed on the estate in 1863. Designed to offer highly approachable, fruit-forward, and varietally expressive wines, this Pinot Noir is sourced from selected vineyards across South Eastern Australia. Unlike the estate's highly structured, cellar-worthy single-vineyard releases, this wine is crafted for immediate pleasure, showcasing the softer, more playful side of the varietal. It undergoes gentle fermentation and light oak maturation to preserve its bright red berry aromas, subtle forest-floor undertones, and soft, silky tannins, reflecting the Tyrrell family's multi-generational winemaking expertise in a friendly, accessible 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
Pinot Noir
🍷 ABV
13.0% - 13.5%