Vat 11 Dry Red
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb rack, slow-cooked beef cheek, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Vat 11 Dry Red is a legendary name in the history of Australian wine, representing the classic, medium-bodied Hunter Valley 'dry red' style that defined the region's early global reputation. Part of Tyrrell's historic 'Vat' series, which originated as a way to distinguish exceptional individual casks in the cellar, Vat 11 is primarily sourced from old-vine Shiraz grown on the dry-loam soils of the Pokolbin sub-region. Crafted using traditional open-top concrete fermenters and aged in large, neutral oak casks, this wine eschews modern trends of high alcohol and heavy new oak. Instead, it showcases the savory, earthy, and leather-tinged red fruit character that makes aged Hunter Shiraz so distinctive and revered by collectors worldwide.
🍾 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%