澳洲酒庄介绍：Flametree, Margaret River

酒庄： Flametree, 玛格丽特河（Margaret River）

Flametree酒庄是玛格丽特河产区的一颗新星，在最近的几个年份里，已经显示出了其实力。酒庄由Gordon家族和Towner家族共同建立，他们对葡萄酒充满着热爱，也为玛格丽特河产区的潜力而兴奋无比。

Flametree酒庄在2007年发售了他们的第一款红葡萄酒赤霞珠梅洛，此款佳酿获得了澳大利亚最著名的葡萄酒酿造大奖－Jimmy Watson 奖章。酒庄因在最短的时间内创造出最棒的佳酿而进入了澳大利亚葡萄酒的传说中。

THE WINEMAKER: Cliff Royle

Cliff Royle was working as a beer salesman when he first met Stuart Pym, then winemaker at Voyager Estate, who recognised in Cliff a real passion for wine and encouraged him to pursue it further. After completing winemaking studies at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Cliff returned to Western Australia and took a job as Pym’s assistant winemaker at Voyager before becoming Chief Winemaker four years later. Cliff’s time at Voyager Estate cemented his reputation as a winemaker of rare ability, and one of Australia’s leading wine writers, Andrew Caillard MW, recently described him as ‘one of the most gifted winemakers of his generation’. He is currently Senior Winemaker at one of the Margaret River region’s fastest-rising stars, Flametree.

THE WINERY: Flametree, Margaret River

Flametree is a recent arrival in Margaret River but one that has established an enviable reputation in a few short vintages. It is a partnership between the Gordon and Towner families, friends brought together by a shared love of wine and an excitement about the potential of Margaret River. Flametree has entered Australian wine folklore as perhaps the producer to make the biggest splash in the shortest time, with their first ever red wine, the 2007 Cabernet Merlot, winning Australia’s most famous winemaking prize, the illustrious Jimmy Watson Trophy.