I’ll say it again just in case the subject line was a little fuzzy… This is the HIGHEST RATED 2018 Oregon Pinot under $50 according to Wine Advocate… 3 bottle price of just $37.99??!!!  This has got to be one of the Pinot Deals of the Year!

Arterberry Maresh Old Vines Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills 2018

Sale $42.99

3 or more- $37.99 Best Price U.S.!

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The thing I love most about the Oregon wine scene is that the Willamette Valley is still a farming community at heart and not a mega huge wine theme park like some other regions have become.  The apple orchards, hazelnuts, cherries and cattle farms still far outnumber the vineyards… For now, at least!  Sometimes we forget that wine comes from a real, actual crop in grapes and grapes grow on vines and vines need to be tended to by people who know the ground those vines are growing in like the back of their hands…  In this case, Arterberry Maresh was a farm before it was a vineyard and Jim Maresh was a farmer before he was a winemaker.  They still operate out of a big red barn, for Pete’s sake!  Their dry-farmed vineyards are about as organic and sustainable as it gets and his son-in-law, Fred Arterberry is now making some of the most sought-after wines in the region.  In my opinion, the humble farmers make the absolute best wines! 

This is a blend of grapes from their estate Maresh Vineyard and a couple others in the Dundee Hills, all from vines that are 40+ years old!  It’s a rich and concentrated wine, full of flavor, but still showing the distinctly elegant style of Arterberry Maresh Pinots.    

“Pale ruby-purple, the 2018 Pinot Noir Old Vines has an alluring perfume of blueberries, violets and dark cherries with accents of earth and amaro. The medium-bodied palate offers intense, broody fruits framed by muscular tannins and bright freshness, and it finishes long and full of flavor. It's still youthfully coiled and may improve with another year or two in bottle.” WA
 

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