Scott E. Becker

9.1

[Tasted on August 9, 2025 at answer in Nashville with Linda]

Cherry and cranberry fruit, with black tea and spice. — 2 months ago

Theress Bricker

9.3

Very smooth and easy drinking. With raspberry and cranberry, Clove and dark spices. — 10 months ago

Jonathan Wall

9.1

Toasty cranberry. Straight shooter. — 2 years ago

Shay A

9.2

I’m glad I followed this over two days, as it improved dramatically from day one to day two.

As I’m diving in to more OR wines these days, I realized I hadn’t enjoyed any Arterberry Pinot (even though I’ve had Maresh vineyard wines). 12.8ABV and totally sports they crunchy, lean profile while retaining balanced weight.

Pale ruby in the glass. Little bit of reduction on the nose which blew off quickly. Day one was extremely timid…faint underripe red and black fruits, cedar, herbal twang, and black tea aromatics. Day two showed this open up to reveal more dark floral notes. Stemmy/green on the palate but not overly so. Dried cranberry, black cherry skin, earth, bitter herbs. Definitely sports a Burgundian flair to it, and at this point needs either an extended decant or years to sleep. Nice bottle once it came around. — 3 years ago

Dave

9.5

I've had Albe a number of times, and it's always been very good. This bottle is delicious, even though it is young. It's vibrant and zesty with bright cherries, cranberry, a light dusting of... dust, little mint, little tea leaf. It would be great with some cellaring, but when it tastes like this at this price, why wait? Paired beautifully with some flank steak and chimichurri.
Delectable puts it at $48 but I don't think I've ever spent that much.
Listening to Christopher Parkening. — 3 months ago

Michael Amoruso

8.9

Chewy tannins. Inky. Black fruits. Dried black raspberry. Cooked cranberry. Touch of mint on finish. — 2 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Needs to breathe first!!!
Then, after the reductive stink blows away, shows funky cranberry, light cherry, raindrops on hot rock.
On the palate this is light yet with loads of character. Full of cherry juiciness & freshness, with light yet firm tannins and great flow. Nice depth & precision!
This (at 12% alc) is so drinkable and yet quite serious.
Great stuff! — 3 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Medium Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruits with notes of herbs, citrus and sweet spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, cranberry and cherry with espresso, vanilla and herb tea spice, well balanced with acidity. Fine soft tannins on a long finish ending with cacao, baking spices and earthy character. Very nice! — 3 months ago

Doug Powers

9.0

Cranberry and some very faint oak aromas and flavors, still shows a fair amount of structure, good acid, medium-long finish, very good! — a year ago

with Jim

Douglas Braun

9.0

2018 Vintage - looks unfiltered - cranberry, spice , stoniness , med plus acidity so easy to drink — 2 years ago