Special Release Shiraz Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 3–10 years from vintage release, though well-stored bottles can evolve beautifully for over a decade.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled quail, mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
This unique bottling from Tyrrell's pays homage to the legendary 'Hunter River Burgundy' style, a historic Australian blending tradition popularized in the mid-20th century. By combining the spice and structure of Hunter Valley Shiraz with the bright acidity, red-fruit perfume, and silky tannins of Pinot Noir, Tyrrell's revives a classic, medium-bodied red style that predates the modern obsession with single-varietal wines. Sourced from select blocks in the Hunter Valley, the grapes are fermented in open-top vats and matured in large, older oak casks to ensure the fresh, savory, and highly perfumed character of the blend remains front and center, offering a nostalgic yet vibrant taste of Australian winemaking history.
🍾 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, Pinot Noir
🍷 ABV
13.0% - 13.5%