Special Release Verdelho
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai salads, grilled prawns, or light chicken dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Special Release Verdelho celebrates a grape variety with a deep-seated history in the Hunter Valley, dating back to the mid-19th century. While historically utilized for fortified wines, Verdelho has found its modern calling as a vibrant, dry table wine. Tyrrell's 'Special Release' tier focuses on showcasing small-batch, expressive parcels that highlight the diversity of the region. This wine is crafted to capture the pure, unadorned essence of the grape, undergoing cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks with no oak contact. The result is a lively, aromatic white defined by its signature tropical fruit profile of guava and passionfruit, balanced by crisp natural acidity and a clean, refreshing finish, embodying the bright and approachable side of Hunter Valley viticulture.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1858 by Edward Tyrrell, Tyrrell's is one of Australia's oldest and most prestigious family-owned wineries, nestled against the Brokenback Range in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Spanning five generations of family stewardship, the estate played a seminal role in shaping modern Australian viticulture, including pioneering the country's first commercial Chardonnay with the legendary Vat 47 in 1971. The winery remains dedicated to traditional, minimal-intervention winemaking and the preservation of historic, own-rooted old-vine parcels that yield exceptional regional character. Tyrrell's is internationally acclaimed for its benchmark Vat 1 Semillon, celebrated for its extraordinary longevity, as well as distinguished, elegant Hunter Valley Shiraz and sparkling wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Verdelho
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.0% - 13.0%