Three Legendary Regions. Three Exceptional Producers. Two 99-Point Wines.
America's greatest Pinot Noirs are increasingly defined by the same qualities that made Burgundy legendary: exceptional vineyards, distinctive terroir, and an uncompromising pursuit of elegance. Along the Pacific Coast, three regions have emerged as benchmarks for world-class Pinot Noir: Oregon's Dundee Hills, California's Sonoma Coast, and the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Pacific Pinot: The Grand Tour brings together three extraordinary single-region expressions from RAEN, Arterberry Maresh, and Arnot-Roberts, including two wines awarded 99 points by James Suckling. Each represents a different chapter in American Pinot Noir's evolution, from Oregon's pioneering vineyards to the coastal and mountain terroirs redefining California's finest wines.
Together, they offer a rare opportunity to experience three of America's most celebrated Pinot Noir regions side by side, revealing how climate, elevation, soil, and generations of winemaking experience shape this remarkable grape.
Sonoma Coast, California
99 Points, James Suckling
The Mondavi Legacy, Reimagined
Founded by brothers Carlo and Dante Mondavi, RAEN represents a new chapter in one of America's most influential wine families. Dedicated to their grandfather, Robert Mondavi, the Royal St. Robert Cuvée captures the extraordinary potential of the cool, windswept Sonoma Coast.
Organically farmed and fermented entirely with whole clusters, this beautifully restrained Pinot Noir delivers wild strawberry, rose petals, blood orange, and delicate forest-floor complexity. Silky, precise, and remarkably elegant, it earned 99 points from James Suckling, who called it “a continued benchmark for American pinot noir.”
Dundee Hills, Oregon
99 Points, James Suckling
An Oregon Original, Three Generations in the Making
Planted in 1970, Maresh Vineyard is among the pioneering sites that helped establish Oregon's reputation for world-class Pinot Noir. Today, third-generation winemaker Jim Maresh continues his family's legacy, working with historic, dry-farmed, own-rooted vines rooted in the Dundee Hills' distinctive red volcanic Jory soils.
The 2024 is an extraordinary expression of old-vine Oregon Pinot Noir, combining wild cherry, pomegranate, dried rose petals, and savory forest-floor complexity. Elegant yet deeply concentrated, this 99-point wine captures the purity and finesse that have made the Dundee Hills one of America's most revered Pinot Noir appellations.
Santa Cruz Mountains, California
94 Points, Vinous
A Historic Mountain Vineyard Above the Pacific
High above Saratoga, at an elevation of 1,600 feet, Peter Martin Ray Vineyard occupies some of California's most historic winemaking ground. Established as a vineyard site in the late 19th century, its dry-farmed, own-rooted Pinot Noir vines date to 1979, growing in rocky, fractured shale soils.
Arnot-Roberts founders Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts craft this exceptional mountain Pinot Noir using 100% whole-cluster fermentation and neutral French oak. The result is beautifully aromatic and remarkably delicate, with wild strawberry, dried rose petals, exotic tea, and savory spice. Awarded 94 points by Vinous, it's a captivating expression of Santa Cruz Mountains elegance.
