Creston District

Cruxvine scores 17 producers in the Creston District. The median Crux Score here is 83 against 85 for Paso Robles as a whole, and the median bottle is $64 against $69.

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Ranked

Δ is against this district’s median of 83

#	Producer & verdict	Crux	Avg	Value	Δ med 83
=5	Bald Ranch Creston District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Creston Seven wines, four decades, and no Cabernet vintage below 88 since 2017 — the $45 fee is the only thing here that is not refunded.	94	$90	84	+11
=37	York Mesa Creston District · Petite Sirah · Creston Four wines, walk-in, $45 to sit down and 79 for transparency — York Mesa would rather pour than explain.	89	$64	84	+6
=57	Boye Cellars Creston District · Mourvèdre · Creston Fourteen thousand estate cases, no appointment needed, and vintages that swing from 79 to 91 — buy by the year, not the label.	87	$78	83	+4
=57	Calder Draw Creston District · Merlot · Creston Declines to disclose its additions and owns no vineyard, which is 70 for transparency and an honest zero for estate fruit.	87	$64	88	+4
=57	Vineyard Grade Creston District · Albariño · Creston Thirty-five dollars for Creston Albariño with a value score of 99 — the cheapest Albariño Cruxvine scores, by half.	87	$35	99	+4
=76	Cañada Springs Creston District · Mourvèdre · Creston A $45 fee and a value score of 71 on Creston Mourvèdre grown 65% on the estate; the room is better than the maths.	86	$86	71	+3
=88	Amsel Gate Creston District · Grenache · Creston Named tastings, 92% estate, and a room at 77 — Amsel Gate is better in the glass than across the counter.	85	$72	80	+2
=104	Huer Huero Gate Creston District · Tempranillo · Creston Nineteen wines out of twenty-two hundred cases is a range problem, not a quality one; the Tempranillo holds it together.	84	$73	76	+1
=118	Corliss Hill Creston District · Picpoul Blanc · Creston Fourteen thousand cases from a house that owns nothing and says nothing; the room scores 72 and the Picpoul carries it.	83	$69	85	±0
=118	Mabry & Thorne Creston District · Grenache · Creston Four wines, $44, walk-in, and thirty-eight years of Creston Grenache that has never tried to be more than pleasant.	83	$44	88	±0
=118	Old Creek Wash Creston District · Merlot · Creston Publishes its full additions list at $46 with value at 89: quality of 80 is the honest ceiling, and nobody here pretends otherwise.	83	$46	89	±0
=118	Orrick Hollow Creston District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Creston Nine thousand cases of $47 Cabernet with value at 92 — the best cheap red in Creston, from a house that owns no vines.	83	$47	92	±0
=118	Tarrant & Bellamy Creston District · Tempranillo · Creston Sixteen wines, walk-in, $20 to taste, and a transparency score of 69 that the friendliness does not offset.	83	$64	82	±0
=137	Mabry Mesa Creston District · Grenache · Creston Ninety-five dollars for Creston Grenache with value at 68, no vineyard and no additions list — priced on confidence alone.	82	$95	68	−1
=147	Marchetti Furrow Creston District · Petit Verdot · Creston Nineteen wines from eight hundred cases since 1972, at $43 with value at 91 — a half-century of doing too much, cheaply.	81	$43	91	−2
=147	Tarrant Knoll Creston District · Grenache · Creston Eighteen wines from eight hundred cases, free to taste, walk in — Tarrant Knoll would rather you tried everything than bought much.	81	$65	78	−2
=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	−7

Questions

Answered from the scored record

What is the Creston District known for?

The Creston District is one of eleven sub-districts of the Paso Robles AVA. Cruxvine scores 17 producers there, with a median Crux Score of 83 — 2 points below the Paso Robles median of 85. The most common grape among them is Grenache.

Which is the best winery in the Creston District?

Bald Ranch, at a Crux Score of 94 — =5 of 187 in Paso Robles overall. Seven wines, four decades, and no Cabernet vintage below 88 since 2017 — the $45 fee is the only thing here that is not refunded.