Old Winery Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh seafood platters, grilled chicken Caesar salad, goat cheese tart
✨ Technical Specifications
The Old Winery range by Tyrrell's pays homage to the historic slab hut winery built in 1863, where the family's first vintage was crushed. Crafted to be an approachable, fruit-driven introduction to the Tyrrell's style, this Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blend utilizes fruit sourced from select vineyards across South Eastern Australia. By combining the structure, zesty acidity, and citrus core of Semillon with the vibrant tropical fruit and herbaceous aromatics of Sauvignon Blanc, Tyrrell's winemakers create a lively, unwooded white wine. It represents a modern Australian classic, focusing on freshness, clean fruit expression, and immediate drinkability.
🍾 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
Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 ABV
11.5% - 12.5%