The Wine

We present a modern French clone mashup from two friends of over 20 years. Adam Campbell and Tony Rynders created this blend from Elk Cove’s Goodrich Vineyard (50%) and Tendril Wine Cellars’ Maverick Vineyard (50%). Both wines were aged for over 12 months in 500L (Goodrich) and 228L (Maverick) Burgundy barrels. Each vineyard only has 4.5 acres of Chardonnay, making this an incredibly rare blend from two special, marine sedimentary pockets in the northern Willamette Valley. Restrained, high-toned and floral, this Chardonnay is a great snapshot of Yamhill-Carlton in 2018.

Sly and clever, the Good Maverick lives by its considerable wits and charm. When you’re ready to get serious, you don’t call on Bret, Bart, Beau or Brent to head into the danger zone. You take control with a Chardonnay that will take your breath away. Unafraid, if only for today, the maverick spirit of Oregon Chardonnay refuses to die. Turning and returning, never hesitating to become the fated Chardonnay, this is the Good Maverick.

The WIneries

Tony Rynders and Adam Campbell have known each other for over 20 years. Tony’s vision at Tendril Wine Cellars is “slow wine.” Everything they do is towards the best possible wines and it simply takes more time: continual interaction with vineyard, adaptive winemaking, separate small-lot fermentations, and longer aging. Elk Cove is proudly family-owned under the management of second-generation winemaker and fifth-generation farmer Adam Campbell. Living his whole life among the vines, Adam has a tremendous respect for the land on which the grapes were grown and believes that high-quality wine really starts in the vineyard.

All wine is sold FOB the location of the winery that produced the lot purchased. WVWA is not responsible for shipping wine. Shipping or delivery arrangements, expenses and insurance are the sole responsibility of the purchaser. Any shipment of wines out-of-state is the responsibility of the purchaser, who is solely responsible for compliance with the laws and regulations of said state.

The producing winery currently has distribution in the below listed countries and states. A list of distributors is available upon request.

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