Cruxvine scores 24 producers in the Adelaida District. The median Crux Score here is 87 against 85 for Paso Robles as a whole, and the median bottle is $87 against $69.
| # | Producer & verdict | Crux | Avg | Value | Δ med 87 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Kestrel & Quint Adelaida District · Petit Verdot · Paso Robles Consistency of 100 across ten vintages: eight wines, no misses, and a $105 ask that assumes you already knew. | 95 | $105 | 79 | +8 | |
| =9 | Amsel Hollow Adelaida District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Paso Robles The only transparency score of 100 in Paso Robles, on seventeen wines from fourteen hundred cases of Adelaida Cabernet. | 93 | $86 | 87 | +6 | |
| =9 | Oyster Crossing Adelaida District · Merlot · Paso Robles Nine thousand cases and a quality score of 97: the wine has outgrown both the room and the pricing. | 93 | $94 | 80 | +6 | |
| =13 | Boye & Yarrow Adelaida District · Zinfandel · Paso Robles A hundred-point tasting room attached to fourteen hundred cases of estate Zinfandel; the hard part is getting the bottle, not the seat. | 92 | $102 | 80 | +5 | |
| =13 | Summit Estate Adelaida District · Tempranillo · Paso Robles Adelaida Tempranillo from 96% estate fruit, seven wines deep, priced at $90 and worth the argument. | 92 | $90 | 87 | +5 | |
| =19 | Wexler Crossing Adelaida District · Tempranillo · Paso Robles Nineteen wines, a 97-point room, and a value score of 73: Wexler Crossing sells the visit as much as the bottle. | 91 | $108 | 73 | +4 | |
| =19 | Wexler Draw Adelaida District · Mourvèdre · Paso Robles All estate fruit, $75, and a perfect value score — the 81 for the tasting room is the price of that. | 91 | $75 | 100 | +4 | |
| =30 | Hemsley & Ulmer Adelaida District · Zinfandel · Paso Robles Eight hundred cases, 40% estate, $104: you are paying for scarcity and for somebody else's vineyard. | 90 | $104 | 81 | +3 | |
| =30 | Jarrow Ranch Adelaida District · Viognier · Paso Robles Adelaida Viognier at $109 with a value score of 77 — a serious white asking a red's price. | 90 | $109 | 77 | +3 | |
| =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 | +2 | |
| =37 | Shell Vineyards Adelaida District · Roussanne · Paso Robles Nineteen Adelaida wines with a Roussanne at their centre, full additions published, and a value score of 78 that says so. | 89 | $104 | 78 | +2 | |
| =57 | Jessup Ranch Adelaida District · Mourvèdre · Paso Robles Publishes its full additions list on a hundred per cent estate fruit at $61 — the numbers here all point the same way. | 87 | $61 | 80 | ±0 | |
| =57 | Limestone Bend Adelaida District · Albariño · Paso Robles Albariño out of Adelaida limestone, eight hundred cases, fourteen wines — ambitious, and stretched thin because of it. | 87 | $87 | 79 | ±0 | |
| =76 | Fairbourne Bend Adelaida District · Merlot · Paso Robles Adelaida's oldest house, founded 1972, asking $101 for Merlot that scores 89 — value at 70 says the seniority is priced in. | 86 | $101 | 70 | −1 | |
| =76 | Salinas Rise Adelaida District · Tempranillo · Paso Robles Fifty-two years old, $61, $15 to taste and additions published — Salinas Rise has never made the visit expensive. | 86 | $61 | 89 | −1 | |
| =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 | −2 | |
| =88 | Jarrow Grove Adelaida District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Paso Robles Eighteen wines from eight hundred cases at $47, walk-in, full additions published; consistency at 77 is the cost of that range. | 85 | $47 | 91 | −2 | |
| =88 | Lindqvist & Merriam Adelaida District · Grenache · Paso Robles Ninety-one for the wine, nothing disclosed, no estate fruit and $50 to taste: Adelaida Grenache on trust alone. | 85 | $89 | 76 | −2 | |
| =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 | −2 | |
| =104 | Marrow Cellars Adelaida District · Zinfandel · Paso Robles Fifty-one years old, eight hundred cases, thirteen wines and a room at 89; the Zinfandel is the least interesting thing here. | 84 | $83 | 72 | −3 | |
| =104 | Steelhead Bench Adelaida District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Paso Robles A paying customer with a transparency score of 69, no estate fruit and no additions list — the score is 84 and the billing changed none of it. | 84 | $57 | 88 | −3 | |
| =118 | Cripple Cellars Adelaida District · Petite Sirah · Paso Robles A hundred and four dollars, value at 64, transparency at 68 and no estate fruit: the worst ratio in Adelaida. | 83 | $104 | 64 | −4 | |
| =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 | −4 | |
| =179 | Kell Grove Adelaida District · Viognier · Paso Robles Fourteen thousand cases of Viognier from a 65-point room; 2024 is the best vintage, which is not saying a great deal. | 76 | $50 | 77 | −11 |
The Adelaida District is one of eleven sub-districts of the Paso Robles AVA. Cruxvine scores 24 producers there, with a median Crux Score of 87 — 2 points above the Paso Robles median of 85. The most common grape among them is Counoise.
Kestrel & Quint, at a Crux Score of 95 — #4 of 187 in Paso Robles overall. Consistency of 100 across ten vintages: eight wines, no misses, and a $105 ask that assumes you already knew.
Cruxvine has scored 24 producers in the Adelaida District, out of 187 in the Paso Robles AVA.