Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir 'Maresh Vineyard'

The Maresh Vineyard is one of our country's "Grand Cru" Pinot Noir sites. Planted in 1970, it's also one of the oldest vineyards in Oregon's Dundee Hills AVA. These old vines are put to great use by vigneron Jim Maresh to craft one of our country's greatest expressions of Pinot Noir.

'The Maresh is a combination of 1970 and 1974 planted vines. Mouthfuls of complexity and elegance. High-toned red fruits and forest-driven umami character, pine bough, blood orange and spice. Long hang times for 2022, the low alcohol is evocative of Old World Pinot Noir. There is a darkness and complexity of the wine, with an intensity of flavour, only 5% new oak, 20 months in barrel. Spiced cinnamon, fresh red strawberries, savoury clove and smoked sea salt, bring an intensity, and a crushed stone minerality finishes this beautiful wine. Silken elegance and intensity combine in a gorgeous wine.' 97 - Clive Pursehouse, Decanter.

'The 2022 Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard comes from vines planted in 1974 and was vinified and matured without new wood. It has a deep well of aromas that unfold slowly with each return to the glass: raspberry, strawberry and bitter orange give way to rosewater, rooibos tea leaves, forest floor and salumi. The palate is charming and effortless, balancing concentrated layers of perfumed fruit on a slender frame of silky tannins, and its vivacious energy and hauntingly long finish call you back to the glass again and again. While the 2021 Maresh Vineyard is chiseled and needs cellaring, this 2022 is already approachable.' 96 - Erin Brooks, The Wine Advocate.