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
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
Shiraz
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.0% - 13.5%