WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
#5 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of the World 2025
Arterberry Maresh Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir comes from high elevation vines planted in 1970 and 1972. Classic Dundee Hills high toned red fruits and florals emerge with air. Elegant and coiled with raspberry, boysenberry and old vine minerality that adds layers to the fruit as it hits full stride in perfect balance.
TASTING NOTES:
Tense and savory, with layers of spicy herbs and black pepper, together with pure, elegant fruit wrapped in blood-orange zest. The structure is tightly wound, with firm, deeply rooted tannins and almost endless length. The mid-palate unfolds with bitter oranges, seashells, iron and crushed bricks, adding complexity. This is built for the cellar and needs some time.
- James Suckling, 98 pts.
The 2023 Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard is impossible to ignore, offering an array of crushed cherries and minty herbs, along with a hint of clove and stone dust that tempt the senses. Elegance defines the feel, as velvety textures are supported by cool-toned acidity while red and blue fruits swirl across the palate, leaving a crunchy mineral tinge toward the close. A web of fine-grained tannins adds structure and poise as the 2023 finishes with outstanding length and energy, leaving inner rose tones and a pleasantly bitter twang to linger. Fabulous.
- Vinous, 96 pts.
The 2023 Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard is bursting with cranberry, Italian plum, lilac, shiitake mushroom, tobacco and forest floor aromas, offering additional details with each return to the glass. Medium-bodied, it floods the mouth with layers of ripe fruit, earth and spice. It’s framed by dusty tannins and mouthwatering acidity and has a long, spicy finish.
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 pts.
