Tyrrell’s Vat 9 Hunter Shiraz
Always a regional benchmark of the medium bodied, long-lived style, Vat 9 in 2011 shows the extra fruit intensity of the good season. It's sourced from old vines (average age 50 years) grown in the red volcanic soils of the Weinkeller and Short Flat vineyards on Tyrrell's Ashmans property.
Made from hand-picked fruit, fermented in open vats and matured in large format French-oak casks (2700-litre), the wine reveals the delicious flavour of outstanding fruit, gently handled. Maturation in oak, apart from polishing the silky tannins, gave a liveliness and aromatic lift that completes a harmonious, gentle, sensuous wine. Put simply a Hunter classic!
Tyrrell’s Vat 8 Hunter Shiraz Cabernet
A modern style of Australian red that also respects the tradition of using varietal blending to make a more rounded wine. The wine shows intense plum fruit sweetness from the Shiraz with dark berry and chocolate characters. The Cabernet component adds to the length and fullness of the wine.
Tyrrell’s Vat 47 Hunter Chardonnay
What a magnificent wine! A pioneer in the modern Australian Chardonnay stakes, the Vat 47 from the Hunter Valley has a silky bouquet of melon stone fruit and creamy oak that is followed by a palate of extraordinary balance and length. An absolute classic and will only get better with some medium term ageing.
Tyrrell’s Single Vineyard Stevens Shiraz
Black cherry, raspberry and fresh spicy flavours dominate the palate with a vibrant, fresh acidity that make this wine a wonderful example of the modern, balanced style of Hunter Valley shiraz.
Tyrrell’s Single Vineyard HVD Semillon
The vines in the HVD vineyard were planted in 1908 and form the “Sign Post Block”. The same soil, same rainfall and same temperatures of a single vineyard produce a consistency of flavour throughout the wine. Single Vineyard wines are only made in years when nature contrives to produce fruit of such outstanding quality that their winemakers will set parcels aside to be separately bottled.
Tasting Notes Colour- Bright yellow with tinge of green. Nose- Classic HVD Semillon showing lifted white flower and citrus aromatics. Palate- Good length of fruit and a great balance with it’s clean, soft acid structure.
Tyrrell’s Rufus Stone Heathcote Shiraz
TASTING NOTES
The deep rich colour of this wine indicates its intensity. The nose is full of ripe plum and dark cherries with a hint of white pepper and sweet vanillin. The flavours carry onto the palate which is full of big soft fruit, but balanced by an elegant oak structure and natural acid, resulting in a rich wine with a complex and fresh structure.
Tyrrell’s Lunatiq Heathcote Shiraz
There is one famous family name in the region where the great traditions of the Hunter Valley are joined by a restless spirit of wine innovation. That name is Tyrrell’s.
Deep garnet red in colour, the aromas are dark and brooding with hints of chocolate and plum lifted by cinnamon spiced French oak. All those dark fruit flavours are framed on the palate by rich layered fruit tannins, tight powdery fine grained oak and the classic mineral texture you get from great Heathcote wines.
The Chapel Hill The Vicar Shiraz
The Vicar Shiraz displays charismatic layers of blueberry, roasted fennel seeds and cured meats, which are seamlessly interwoven into the firm, but poised, savoury texture. The synergistic balance of the cascading layers of varietal flavour, palate weight, tannin and acidity will ensure that the wine will develop further complexity over the next 15 to 20 years.
The Chapel Hill The Block Road Block Shiraz
At our winery vineyard we are fortunate to be the custodians of one of the most unique and inspiring vineyard sites in McLaren Vale. The picturesque undulating hills and ancient geological formations are enhanced by our elevation, as the site perfectly capitalises on the beneficial coastal influence. Each individual block on this vineyard is distinctive and charismatic due to its expressive geology and unique meso-climate. For this reason we have decided to showcase the uniqueness of our winery vineyard in this single block range of wines.
The Chapel Hill The Block Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon
The Gorge Cabernet Block is one of the jewels of our estate vineyard. Gravelly soils over ancient rocks produces a wonderfully structured wine that speaks intimately of the site where it was grown.
