Semillon
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, grilled white fish, sashimi
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Semillon is a definitive expression of one of the wine world's most unique styles. Sourced from historic, dry-grown vineyards planted on the sandy alluvial flat soils of the Hunter Valley, this wine is crafted with minimal intervention. The grapes are harvested early at low sugar levels to preserve natural acidity, followed by cool fermentation in stainless steel and early bottling without any oak contact. In its youth, the wine is vibrant, taut, and brimming with fresh citrus and lemongrass. Over time, it undergoes a legendary transformation, developing rich, toasty, honeyed complexities that mimic oak aging. This style was pioneered by the Tyrrell family, who have championed the grape's remarkable longevity and sense of place for generations.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
11% - 11.5%