Traditional Method Pinot Noir Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, smoked salmon blinis, triple cream brie
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Traditional Method Pinot Noir Chardonnay is a sophisticated sparkling wine that showcases the estate's mastery of classic French techniques adapted to the Australian terroir. Crafted using the traditional method of secondary bottle fermentation, this cuvée blends the structural depth of Pinot Noir with the elegant, citrus-driven freshness of Chardonnay. Sourced from premium, cool-climate vineyards to preserve essential natural acidity, the wine undergoes a period of lees aging, which imparts delicate autolytic characters of toasted brioche, creamy texture, and subtle nutty complexity. This sparkling wine reflects Tyrrell's long-standing dedication to quality and innovation, offering a beautifully balanced, crisp, and celebratory expression that stands alongside their world-renowned still wines.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12% - 12.5%