Special Release Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, slow-cooked lamb shanks, grilled beef tenderloin
✨ Technical Specifications
The Special Release Shiraz from Tyrrell's represents a contemporary exploration of the Hunter Valley's historic terroir. Sourced from select parcels of premium vineyards, including some of the estate's cherished dry-grown blocks, this wine is crafted to highlight the vibrant, fruit-forward, and savory character unique to New South Wales' premier wine region. Unlike the heavier, high-alcohol Shiraz styles found in hotter Australian regions, Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Shiraz is celebrated for its medium-bodied elegance, bright red fruit profile, and subtle white pepper spice. The winemaking team employs traditional open-top fermenters and matures the wine in large, older French oak casks to preserve the pure expression of the fruit and the distinctive earthy, leather-tinged complexity that develops naturally in the Hunter's volcanic and sandy loam soils.
🍾 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
13.0% - 13.5%