A smooth, soft & spicy red wine with aromas of dark ripe fruit & subtle vanillin oak. The palate is full of rich shiraz flavours & is supported by firm tannins which provide good length & complexity. ...

The verdelho grapes for this wine were harvested from selected vineyards within the Hunter Valley, & the resulting free-run juice was cool-fermented to retain its inherent fragrant qualities. A small amount of residual sugar was left in the wine for added complexity & fruit weight. Soon after fermentation the finished wine was fined, filtered & bottled. Fresh & lively with an intense sweet tropical nose with lifted spice aromas. Rich tropical fruit & honey flavours fulfil the palate & are complemented by a crisp lemony finish. Serve slightly chilled. An ideal accompaniment to seafood, veal, chicken & spicy Asian dishes. ...

The season provided an excellent starting point, & the resulting wine is a clear indication as to why the Tyrrell family love the Heathcote region. The wine has a dense, violet colour & bright hue. It shows a pretty, lifted aromatic profile of dark berries & some white pepper. The palate shows intense, sweet black plum flavours which are given a subtle lift from the French oak, both of which are connected by a fine tannin structure & a bright acidity. The intense, berry fruit flavours & mouth-filling appeal of this rich red wine makes it a fine accompaniment for lamb, beef & game dishes. This wine is excellent drinking now & will cellar for up to six years. ...

Deep rich red to crimson in colour, indicates the intensity of this wine. The nose is full of ripe plum & dark cherries with a hint of white pepper & sweet vanillin. The flavours carry onto the palate which is full of big soft fruit, but balanced by an elegant oak structure & natural acid, resulting in a rich wine with a complex & fresh structure. ...

Deep rich red to crimson in colour, indicates the intensity of this wine. The nose is full of ripe plum & dark cherries with a hint of white pepper & sweet vanillin. The flavours carry onto the palate which is full of big soft fruit, but balanced by an elegant oak structure & natural acid, resulting in a rich wine with a complex & fresh structure. ...

Incredibly youthful in colour, still vivid green hue. The nose shows rich citrus aromas with a hint of toasty/waxy development just starting to appear. The palate is all class with a seamless structure that is only seen in classic vintages. The tension between the powerful citrus fruit & acid is the key to this wine with a wonderful soft texture in the mid palate connecting the two. ...

Rich Chardonnay & white nectarine stone fruit characters on the nose & throughout the entire palate, with an underlying savoury lift from subtle oak usage. The solids addition & higher fermentation temperature, have added texture & an almost French style 'flintiness' to the wine, making it more complex & interesting. No malolactic fermentation has ensured a balanced & tight wine style with lingering fresh acidity that promises to age well. Only three of Tyrrell's own vineyards are ever used for the Vat 47
- The HVD (Hunter Valley Distillery) Vineyard which had the original Penfold Clone planted in 1923, the NVC (New Vine Cuttings) Vineyard that has thirty year old Chardonnay vines & Tyrrell's Short Flat. These vineyards share a common sandy alluvial soil, which imparts a unique clarity of flavour in the fruit that is grown on it. The 2005 vintage was a result of a season that started with a dry winter that despite late spring rains held back the size of the crop. The vineyard was hit by hail in late December that reduced the crop by a further 25%. The quality of the fruit was maintained, & came to the winery in good health. The juice was cold settled & racked to stainless steel tanks for partial fermentation & then transferred to French oak barriques to complete fermentation
- only one third new, one third one year old, & one third two year old oak. 20% of the barrels are new oak & balance of 80% is older seasoned wood. This year a portion of the cold settled juice solids was introduced into the ferment to add complexity, texture & strength to the mid palate of the wine. Fermentation temperatures were also slightly higher to add finer structure to the wine & also lengthen the palate. The wine only spends six months in oak for maturation, which is Approx. half the time that most Australian Chardonnays spend in barrel. The Rufus Stone marks the accidental killing of King William Rufus by Sir Walter Tyrell (yes, one 'r' in those days) in 1100 & this historic association has been utilized for Tyrrell's top, non-Hunter regional red wine range. The grapes used for these wines come from Heathcote, McLaren Vale & the Limestone Coast regions in Australia. These wines allow the winemakers to use red wine styles & oak maturation techniques not normally used for traditional Hunter Valley Reds.

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Light in colour, the Vat 6 Pinot Noir has a strawberry lift on the nose with stalk character from the whole bunch ferment adding complexity. The palate is delicate with bright berry fruit characters being the forerunner to the fine tannin structure. It is a wine that will age well in the medium term. This wine was fermented in small hand plunged open vats at Tyrrell's historic Ashman's winery. Partial carbonic maceration was achieved by leaving Approx. 30% as whole bunches in the ferment. The wine was then matured in a range of new, one & two year old French barriques. ...

A modern style of Australian red that also respects the tradition of regional & varietal blending to make a more rounded wine. The wine shows intense plum fruit sweetness from the Shiraz with dark berry & chocolate characters. The Cabernet component adds to the length & fullness of the wine. After fermentation in the traditional open top vats, both parcels were matured separately before blending in December 2011. The blended wine then finished its maturation in French oak barriques until bottling in late May 2012. ...

Hand picked & fermented in open top fermenters, the wine was then matured in new & one year old French oak casks (2700L) for 16 months prior to bottling in late May 2012. Bright violet in colour. Fresh savoury spice & lifted red berriy nose with a subtle oak lift. The palate is medium bodied showing soft sweet fruits. The oak enhancing the mid palate which is extended by the fine clean acid structure. A seamless, creamy textured wine in complete balance. ...