“The 2018 Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard is an incredible wine…”- Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate

You’ve tasted the quality, elegance and purity of fruit offered by Arterberry Maresh Pinots and can probably understand why we jump at the opportunity to sell more whenever they’re offered to us… These wines are absolutely stunning!  In this case we’ve got their top wine, the estate Maresh Vineyard Pinot.  This wine can compete on quality with ANY other Oregon pinot, in my opinion… And it costs a fraction of most of the other 95+ Pt Oregon Pinots rated by Wine Advocate with the average price of those being well over $100…

Reply to order.  Wine will arrive this Friday in Chapel Hill. 

Arterberry Maresh Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir 2018

Sale $54.99

95+ Pts Wine Advocate

“The 2018 Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard is an incredible wine. It opens slowly to an arresting perfume of dusty earth, dried rose petals, tea leaves, licorice and amaro with a wealth of bright red berry fruit at the core. The palate is elegant, supple and juicy, with an expansive fan of layered, spicy flavors and a very long finish. It's hard to resist now, but it will have more to offer with time in bottle.” WA

Winery note- “Our flagship wine, made from 100% Maresh Vineyard estate fruit. The vineyard is managed by Martha Maresh and husband Steve Mikami. Her son Jim makes the wine in a remodeled barn located among the vines. Grown, made, and bottled on the Maresh family’s farm.”

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! 

Reply to order. Arrives Friday.