chocolate covered plum

(87-90)/2023+

Gaja’s wines are often immensely appealing when young – which is certainly the case with the 2007s – but then close down in bottle for a number of years

Time in the glass brings out the wine's more floral side and a range of red-toned fruit

with a pleasing

Arterberry Maresh, Pinot Noir Maresh Vintage:2018 chocolate covered plum2018 was another warm vintage in the Willamette Valley and produced a bigger croparound 2,200 cases of the Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir were made. "I crafted something with quite a bit of elegance out of a warm year," Jim Maresh says with pride. "Its what I should have done in 2014." The 2018 Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard has a medium ruby color and is bursting with layers of raspberry, cranberry, pipe tobacco, dried sage and lavender. The medium bodied