Sourced from the Tyrrell Family-owned Casuarina Vineyard located on Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, a dry grown block planted in 1980 on ancient sandy loam soils ideal for growing super-premium whites.

The 2017 vintage was one of the best in recent memory and has produced wines of the highest quality. Solid rains in winter and spring meant the vines had constant access to water and the warmer weather in the new year meant all the fruit was in near perfect condition and ripeness when it was harvested.

100% Chardonnay fruit. Handpicked on 13 January 2017 and hand sorted in the vineyard. The fruit was then lightly pressed before primary fermentation in stainless steel at the Tyrrell’s Estate winery. The wine then spent approximately nine months on gross lees before undergoing tirage bottling on-site at Tyrrell’s winery, by Chief Winemaker Andrew Spinaze and the winery team in November 2017. Secondary fermentation took place in the bottle with a specific yeast strain for sparkling, hand selected by our Andrew Spinaze to give purity, freshness, brightness and complexity to the resulting wine. The wine then spent approximately eight years on lees before being disgorged in July 2025. The disgorging liquor was house made using aged (23-year-old) Vat 47 Chardonnay stock and a 10-year-old brandy spirit.

The nose is pure and precise, exhibiting elegant floral notes, citrus and a hint of aged complexity from the extended maturation time on lees before disgorging. The palate also shows the purity of Chardonnay made in a traditional sparkling style with flavours of green apple, lemon, white peach and brioche.

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