Reserve Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 3 to 8 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, slow-roasted lamb shanks, hearty beef stew
✨ Technical Specifications
While Tyrrell's is legendary for its historic Hunter Valley estates, the family has also looked to the premier red wine regions of South Australia to craft a bolder, more robust expression of Shiraz. This Reserve Shiraz represents a harmonious marriage between Tyrrell's historic winemaking pedigree—focused on balance and structure—and the rich, sun-drenched terroir of South Australia. Sourced from select premium vineyards, the wine undergoes traditional fermentation followed by aging in seasoned oak barrels. This process tempers the intense, dark fruit profile of South Australian Shiraz with subtle spice, yielding a wine that is both generous and remarkably approachable.
🍾 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
14% - 14.5%