Old Winery Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh seafood platters, goat cheese salad, or grilled chicken with herbs.
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Old Winery' range by Tyrrell's pays homage to the historic slab hut winery constructed in 1863, which still stands today at the heart of the Pokolbin estate. While Tyrrell's is legendary for its age-worthy Hunter Valley Semillon, the Old Winery Sauvignon Blanc extends their winemaking expertise to a broader canvas, sourcing fruit from select cool-climate and warm-climate vineyards across South Eastern Australia. This wine is crafted to showcase the vibrant, expressive side of the variety, focusing on clean, crisp fruit purity. Fermented entirely in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to preserve its bright aromatics, it delivers a lively bouquet of tropical fruits, freshly cut grass, and citrus, backed by over 160 years of family winemaking heritage.
🍾 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
Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 ABV
11.5% - 12.5%