Shiraz Vat 9
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb rack with rosemary, slow-cooked beef cheek, wild mushroom ragout
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Vat 9 Shiraz represents the pinnacle of Hunter Valley winemaking, first crafted in 1962 by the legendary Murray Tyrrell. This iconic red is sourced exclusively from the estate's oldest and finest dry-grown vineyards, notably the Weeby and Short Flat blocks, which thrive on the region's distinctive red volcanic clay soils. Unlike the heavy, high-alcohol Shiraz styles found elsewhere in Australia, Vat 9 is celebrated for its medium-bodied elegance, savory complexity, and remarkable longevity. The winemaking honors tradition, utilizing open-top concrete fermenters followed by maturation in large, older French oak casks (foudres). This minimal-intervention approach ensures the pristine fruit, fine-grained tannins, and subtle earthy, peppery terroir of the Hunter Valley remain the undisputed stars of the show.
🍾 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
13% - 13.5%