About This Vineyard
At Maverick Wines the objective was and is to become one of the top premium boutique wineries in Australia. Although the company is young, Maverick owns 100 acres of vineyards from the top terroirs across the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. Approximately half of the vines are over 50 years old, and many much older. At our Old Ben vineyard in the High Eden Valley we have 100 year old Shiraz, at our Greenock Rise vineyard on both sides of Greenock Creek we have Bush Grenache over 100 years old, and we even have some Riesling from the 1860s!
For many years the fruit from these vineyards went into some of the top names of the Australian wine industry – they are now proudly incorporated into our Maverick wines. In the vineyard we follow a programme of sustainable agriculture, with low yields resulting in optimum fruit. All Maverick wine is made from fruit grown by ourselves, allowing us control of the total process.
The wines are aged in almost 100% French oak, evenly split between new, one year old and two year old. Our objective throughout is to make elegant, understated single vineyard single varietal wines which are in the Northern Rhone style and which are perfect either to be drunk by themselves or with food. Production is limited by the individual vineyard sites. The wines are therefore only available in the very top outlets of the world’s major cities. Our emphasis throughout is on delivering a tailor made product which combines outstanding quality and value.