2022 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard Dundee Hills 750 ml

When it comes to the very best American Pinot Noir, Oregon is the dollar-for-dollar champion.

Unlike our backyard of Sonoma, where top bottlings push $150 and even $200, it's still possible to get world-class Willamette Valley Pinot that slays Grand Cru Burgundy for two-digit prices.

And within Oregon's pantheon of top wines, there's nowhere we'd rather spend our money than on Arterberry Maresh's 2022 Maresh Vineyard Pinot. It hails from some of the oldest Pinot vines in the state: Jim Maresh's sacred Maresh Vineyard on Worden Hill Road—the Rodeo Drive of the Willamette's Dundee Hills.

Driving up Worden Hill Road, the Mareshes' big red barn is impossible to miss. Back in 1969, farmer Jim Maresh Sr. imported Pommard and Wadenswil Pinot Noir clones from California. He planted them in the spring of 1970, with the help of his neighbor Dick Erath, and those deep-rooted, dry-farmed vines are still producing world-class fruit today. This bottle is proof.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate declared, "The [Arterberry Maresh] wines are concentrated yet elegant, fruity yet flinty and are some of the most impressive wines we've tried anywhere—not just in the US." They raved, "Pinot Noirs from Arterberry Maresh offer amazing layers of sweet, precise fruits, exotic spices and earth—everything you want from great Pinot Noir.”

Decanter declared that the 2022 Pinots "show an outstanding confidence across the Valley's appellations. The cool and prolonged growing season has helped create wines with tremendous freshness that are balanced with ample concentration." We can't point to a better value in collectible Pinot Noir in the world right now, and a case will deliver well over a decade of thrilling drinking.