澳洲酒庄介绍：Maverick (Barossa & Eden Valleys)

Maverick的庄主Ronald Brown是个有意思的人，a good talker，这里介绍一下他的酒庄。

Maverick瞄准的竞争对手是他的邻居Torbreck和Henschke, 策略是高质量酒款，但价格

会低20%左右。

Ronald Brown, MAVERICK Owner & winemaker

马华克酒庄庄主及酿酒师

South Australia is the centre of Australia’s wine industry, producing over 60% of Australian wines. At its heart lies the
Barossa, considered the top Australian premium wine producing area and ranked as one of the world’s great wine regions.
The Barossa brings together a 170 year old European wine culture and tradition and the very best of Australian terroirs
and viticultural/winemaking skills.

The juxtaposition of the cool climate, higher altitude Eden Valley and the warm climate, lower-lying Barossa Valley
allows a unique combination of different wine varieties and wine styles. It is home to some of the world’s finest Riesling and Shiraz.

Maverick has been fortunate enough to be able to acquire a carefully selected group of top terroirs from across the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley, which in our opinion give the optimum expression of the diversity and complexity of the Barossa.

Over the last few years, Maverick wines have become distributed in the leading hotels, restaurants and specialist independent wine shops in the world’s leading cities, and have secured uniformly high acclaim from the international wine press, trade and consumer. However, at the heart of our success lies our magnificent vineyards, of which we are
honoured to be the grateful custodians.

The Barossa wine region is broadly divided into two halves – the warm climate Barossa Valley settled in the early 1840’s by the original Lutheran immigrants from Silesia, and the cool climate Eden Valley which was historically the preserve of Britishorigin land owners. The two sub-regions are quite distinct in terms of their history, climate, soil type and
ultimate wine style.

Maverick owns 100 acres of premium vineyard situated in 4 of the very best Barossa “appellations” – in the rolling hills of the Eden Valley, Pewsey Vale (the oldest cool climate vineyard region of Australia) and High Eden Valley (where our 100
year old vineyard is truly iconic); in the Barossa Valley, Greenock (considered the home of the very top
Barossa Valley Shiraz) and Moorooroo in Vine Vale (with its wind-blown sandy soil a truly stand-alone
micro-terroir).

Due to the absence in the Barossa of phylloxera, many of Maverick’s vineyards are of significant
age – Maverick has Riesling vines from the 1860’s, bush vine Grenache vines planted in 1895, and many microterroir
jewels planted to Shiraz which are over 100 years old.

The Barossa’s unparalleled diversity both as regards terroirs and traditional European vine clones has
allowed Maverick to produce outstanding wines which best express both – indeed, understanding the concept of
“terroir” is fundamental to understanding the philosophy, viticultural practice and success of Maverick.

Maverick’s Trial Hill vineyard in Pewsey Vale is the closest vineyard to Pewsey Vale Peak – the
highest point of the Barossa, with its distinctive flattopped stone pine tree (known locally as the “monkey
nut tree”), which overlooks the whole of the Barossa. We have accordingly taken this tree as our logo, symbolising
as it does the spirit of Maverick!

Winemaking
Our official description of ourselves is “hand crafted Barossa wines”. Our unofficial motto is to do what many
other boutique wineries can only aspire to! Over the last few years, many friends and customers have asked
what lies at the heart of the Maverick recipe for producing wonderful wines. The answer is simple – there is no secret: we simply follow the time-honoured, traditional and artisanal winemaking methods, with minimal intervention throughout. and buttery tones associated traditionally with the New World – rather they are elegant food wines.

Our Riesling is 100% stainless steel barrel fermented and matured.
Our Chardonnay is 100% French oak barrel fermented, in barrels carefully selected to give the wood the necessary structure and elegance to the wine without overt oak influence. The Chardonnay does not undergo malolactic fermentation (though there are always one or two barrels which do it automatically!). The resulting wines do not have the voluptuous oak, vanilla and buttery tones associated traditionally with the New World – rather they are elegant food wines.

For the red wines, our grapes are picked as early as their ripening allows. Our single vineyard varietal wines are fermented in 1-3 tonne open top fermenters. They undergo cold soaking for colour extraction, with regular pigeage and pump-over during the fermentation process. Many of our fermentations are self-starting, capitalising on Maverick’s own natural yeasts in the vineyard and the winery. We do not believe in over extraction, and the finished product is moved to tank and barrel as early as possible. We use 100% French oak barrels, from the very top producers. Here again,
we have an oak regime which balances new and 1-year old/2-year old oak, and we move the wine into bottle as soon as the perfect harmony is achieved. The result is a portfolio of wines which are fruit driven, have structure, depth and complexity, but which are soft, refined, elegant and easy to drink – above all wines which appeal to
everyone from the beginner to the connoisseur.

评论：

James Halliday's: publisher of Australian Wine Companion - a 5 Star Winery (2009 and 2010)
詹姆斯 哈迪：《澳大利亚葡萄酒指南》出版者 – 五星级的酒庄（2009年和2010年）

Andrew Caillard MW: publisher of Langton’s Classification of Australian premium Wines
Andrew Caillard MW：《Langton’s 澳大利亚优质葡萄酒分级系列》出版者
 “Maverick is the most beautiful vineyard in Australia”
“马华克酒庄拥有澳大利亚最美丽的葡萄园”

Stephen Spurrier: Contributing Editor of Decanter, Chairman of Decanter World Award & China Wine Challenge
Stephen Spurrier：《醒酒器》杂志著名编辑
"Brilliantly evocative wines with the clarity and harmony expected from a Grand Cru type vineyard"
“精美绝伦的葡萄酒彰显出清透、和谐，有着名庄酒的水准”

Michel Bettane: publisher of Bettane & Desseauve wine guide
Michel Bettane：知名葡萄酒记者及权威葡萄酒系列丛书《Bennane & Desseauve》出版人
"Sub-regional nuances and individual winemaking philosophy are an important context to fine wine. MAVERICK Trial Hill has a unique story and identity.”
“细分产区在环境和土壤方面只有细微的差别，因此，酿酒师的理念对葡萄酒起了重要的作用。马华克伊甸谷神恩山葡萄园有其独特的故事和个性。”

这老头和我长得一点都不像

蠻像的嘛，都是圓眼睛~~

EDEN的不错，超于BAROSSA

竞争对手是他的邻居Torbreck和Henschke?Torbreck和Henschke如雷贯耳，Maverick从来没听说过。。。

我这次也鼓楼瓜闻了

邻居的定义就是：敌人就住在你身边。

这个酒庄的酒不错的。。。喝过一次

我顶！

好酒！小产量，高质酒。

2006年 Maverick Trial Hill Shiraz （Maverick的旗舰酒），仅产出520 case。所以中国要卖1000以上。在美国有幸抢得两瓶$19.99一瓶。原价$49.99，爽！还没喝，喝完报道。。。

Maverick Trial Hill Eden Valley Riesling 2008喝过一次，不知道多少钱一瓶，能买到吗？