Which Paso Robles winery makes the best Counoise?
Limestone Winery, at a Crux Score of 89. Cruxvine scores 14 Paso Robles producers whose lead grape is Counoise; their median score is 85 and their median bottle is $70.
Every Paso Robles producer Cruxvine scores whose lead grape is Counoise, ranked. Median Crux Score 85, median bottle $70.
Counoise, free to taste, no appointment, 96% estate — the most generous door in Adelaida attached to a grape nobody markets.
All estate, all published, named tastings only: a 1979 house that behaves like it has nothing to hide, because it does not.
Eighteen wines is a lot of Counoise to get through in a room scoring 79; the wine itself is the reason to try.
Ninety-three for the wine, 78 for the room: Amsel & Thorne is a bottle shop that happens to have chairs.
A $50 fee, no refund, and a 77-point room attached to Counoise that scores 90; the numbers do not flatter the visit.
Seventeen wines, no vineyard, no additions list — Hemsley Grade is a brand before it is a farm.
Seventeen Counoise-led wines from 96% estate fruit, half a century in, and a value score of 77 that reflects the ambition.
Four wines, free to taste, and a Counoise that has not moved much since 2004 — for better and for worse.
| # | Producer & verdict | Crux | Avg | Value | Δ med 85 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =37 | Limestone Winery Adelaida District · Counoise · Paso Robles Counoise, free to taste, no appointment, 96% estate — the most generous door in Adelaida attached to a grape nobody markets. | 89 | $76 | 91 | +4 | |
| =51 | Dellamo & Fenwick San Juan Creek · Counoise · Shandon All estate, all published, named tastings only: a 1979 house that behaves like it has nothing to hide, because it does not. | 88 | $83 | 90 | +3 | |
| =51 | Stapleton Ridge Willow Creek District · Counoise · Paso Robles Eighteen wines is a lot of Counoise to get through in a room scoring 79; the wine itself is the reason to try. | 88 | $83 | 84 | +3 | |
| =57 | Amsel & Thorne Santa Margarita Ranch · Counoise · Santa Margarita Ninety-three for the wine, 78 for the room: Amsel & Thorne is a bottle shop that happens to have chairs. | 87 | $70 | 80 | +2 | |
| =57 | Gorse Bluff El Pomar District · Counoise · Templeton A $50 fee, no refund, and a 77-point room attached to Counoise that scores 90; the numbers do not flatter the visit. | 87 | $78 | 82 | +2 | |
| =88 | Hemsley Grade Adelaida District · Counoise · Paso Robles Seventeen wines, no vineyard, no additions list — Hemsley Grade is a brand before it is a farm. | 85 | $65 | 84 | ±0 | |
| =88 | Mabry Knoll Santa Margarita Ranch · Counoise · Santa Margarita Seventeen Counoise-led wines from 96% estate fruit, half a century in, and a value score of 77 that reflects the ambition. | 85 | $71 | 77 | ±0 | |
| =88 | Oakhurst Bend Adelaida District · Counoise · Paso Robles Four wines, free to taste, and a Counoise that has not moved much since 2004 — for better and for worse. | 85 | $66 | 80 | ±0 | |
| =88 | Rocky Wash San Juan Creek · Counoise · Shandon Forty-six dollars, free to taste, value at 91 — Rocky Wash asks very little of you and returns more than that. | 85 | $46 | 91 | ±0 | |
| =118 | Naveau & Corliss Adelaida District · Counoise · Paso Robles A $50 fee for Counoise from a house with no vineyard and no additions list; value at 91 is the only defence offered. | 83 | $55 | 91 | −2 | |
| =118 | Nolby & Ostrom Santa Margarita Ranch · Counoise · Santa Margarita Thirty-five dollars, a 90-point room and nine thousand cases — Nolby & Ostrom is the volume play done charmingly. | 83 | $35 | 90 | −2 | |
| =137 | Naveau Estate Paso Robles Highlands District · Counoise · Creston Six wines from 96% estate Highlands fruit at $78, walk-in, with value at 69 — the vineyard deserves better pricing. | 82 | $78 | 69 | −3 | |
| =176 | Barn Row Paso Robles Estrella District · Counoise · Paso Robles Fourteen thousand cases of Estrella Counoise at $70 with a 70-point room; the scale has outrun the reason for it. | 77 | $70 | 72 | −8 | |
| =179 | Fenwick & Fairbourne Creston District · Counoise · Creston Thirteen wines, a 68-point room, nothing disclosed, $40 — Fenwick & Fairbourne is the bottom of Creston and knows it. | 76 | $40 | 82 | −9 |
Limestone Winery, at a Crux Score of 89. Cruxvine scores 14 Paso Robles producers whose lead grape is Counoise; their median score is 85 and their median bottle is $70.
Among the 14 Paso Robles producers Cruxvine scores with Counoise as their lead grape, the median Crux Score is 85, against 85 for the appellation across all grapes.