Vat 9 Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-roasted rosemary lamb shanks, pan-seared duck breast with cherry reduction, or earthy wild mushroom risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Tyrrell's Vat 9 Shiraz represents the pinnacle of Hunter Valley Shiraz, sourced exclusively from the estate's historic, dry-grown vineyards planted on the alluvial flats of Pokolbin. The backbone of Vat 9 comes from the Weeby vineyard, planted in 1879, and the Short Flat vineyard. These ancient, deep red clay soils yield a wine of remarkable elegance, medium-bodied structure, and savory complexity rather than blockbusting power. Traditionally fermented in open oak vats and aged in large, older French oak casks to preserve the pure fruit expression and terroir, Vat 9 is a liquid testament to the Tyrrell family's multi-generational stewardship. It reflects the classic Hunter style: earthy, savory, with red and black berries, hints of leather, and fine-grained tannins.
🍾 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 100%
🍷 ABV
13.0% - 13.5%