Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard ‘Liminal’
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The Kelley Fox Wines Maresh Vineyard ‘Liminal’ Pinot Noir is a highly celebrated, ethereal Oregon red wine from the Dundee Hills AVA.
- The Maresh Vineyard’s vines, planted in 1970, have had a significant influence on Kelly Fox. Each year with these unique vines has transformed her. The back label states, “The wine from these vines leads her to imagine a beautiful threshold of Earth and stars, and its essence and mystery is this living edge.”
Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir
Elaboration: Hand-harvested. No whole clusters, meaning all the fruit was completely destemmed. The wine was matured in neutral Burgundy barrels (228L) made from French oak.
Tasting Notes: The Maresh Liminal is a medium, youthful and rich blue-red with that is full of light-flickering transparency. It is ethereal and light of being-and beautifully disarming. Of course, the nose is full of Hood strawberries with the cool freshness of rain and the Pacific Ocean in the spring air, along with spices and other delicious notes that are ineffable. This wine has both depth and a soaring nature. The energy is still in the most alive way-and serene. This Liminal has a long, beautiful, silky finish and it’s just the beginning.
PRESS
2021 – 95 Jeb Dunnuck | 94 Vinous
2022 – 97 Vinous | 96 Jeb Dunnuck | 94 Wine Advocate
2023 – 98 Jeb Dunnuck | 97 Vinous (#37 Top 100 – 2025)
PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Kelley Fox Wines, established in 2007 in Oregon by Kelley Fox and her father, Gus Sterns, is a small winery known for its small-production, single-vineyard wines. The winery began with just over 100 cases of wine and crafts its wines from grapes it leases or sources from several top vineyards in Oregon, highlighting the diverse soils of the Willamette Valley and surrounding areas. The winery adheres to a natural winemaking philosophy, uses organic or biodynamic farming, and employs minimal intervention in the cellar. Today, the wines created by Kelley Fox are sought after, consistently receive high scores, and are highly praised by top wine reviewers.