Personalised Tyrrell's Old Hillside Shiraz 2023 13.5% 750ml

Personalised Tyrrell's Old Hillside Shiraz 2023 13.5% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

APPEARANCE

Incredibly bright red in colour with medium purple hues.

AROMA

Lifted, bright red fruit aromatics.

PALATE

Mineral with red fruits, raspberry and cranberry with a saline finish. Medium density and purity and length that will open up with time. An elegant and bright Old Hillside, echoing the ‘Hunter River Burgundies’ of the past.

REGION NOTES

The Tyrrell family-owned Old Hillside Vineyard is located on Marrowbone Road, Pokolbin and contains the ‘Old Patch’ planted in 1867. Old Hillside Shiraz is made from the younger vines on this site, with an average vine age of 50 years. It is a steep, eastern facing block that is protected by the Brokenback mountain range. The block features darker, richer soils than the soils at Ashmans property.

WINEMAKERS COMMENTS

Our Single Vineyard wines champion our individual vineyard sites that produce wines of distinct character unique to that terroir. These vineyard sites include some of the world’s most important viticultural assets that have an enviable track record of producing world-class wines; all are planted on their own roots using pre-phylloxera material, with the cornerstone of these being old-vine Semillon, Australia’s most unique wine style. For most of our history, Tyrrell’s has produced its wines by blending parcels from different vineyards. However, in 1983, we created the HVD Semillon, our first formally recognised single-vineyard wine. Throughout the 1980s, we continued to investigate how the location and soil of each individual vineyard influences the unique flavours of the wines they produce. Then, in 1992, fourth generation Bruce Tyrrell struck a deal to buy grapes from the Stevens family, sealing it with a handshake. This key move enabled us to focus on the intrinsic quality and uniqueness of the great single vineyards of the Hunter Valley. Since then, we’ve set out to lease or purchase the very best vineyard sites in the Hunter Valley, with our 167 years of generational knowledge and understanding of our region playing a critical role in identifying and acquiring these distinctive vineyards. The redefinition of the vineyard source of our top wines has been the major change at Tyrrell’s over the past 40 years, and this Single Vineyard collection contains many of Australia’s most sought-after wines that have a proven track record of producing wines of quality, pedigree and age-ability.

VINTAGE NOTES

In the lead up to the 2023 vintage, there was an abundance of rain in spring which gave great soil moisture heading into the dry months of December and January. The harvest period was relatively stress-free without any adverse conditions such as rain or heat. This vintage has produced well balanced, complex wines with fruit purity and is considered to be an exceptional Hunter Valley vintage.

VINIFICATION

Between 27 February and 2 March, the fruit was handpicked and sorted in the vineyard before fermentation took place in our open top vats.

MATURATION

After fermentation, the wine was matured in three-year-old French oak casks (2700L) for 14 months.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

Country: Australia

Region: Hunter Valley

Vintage: 2023

Variety: Shiraz & Shiraz Blends

alcohol volume: 13.5

closure: Screwcap

volume: 750

weight: 1.3833kg

wine style: Red (Full Bodied)