Cruxvine scores 17 producers in the El Pomar District. The median Crux Score here is 86 against 85 for Paso Robles as a whole, and the median bottle is $61 against $69.
| # | Producer & verdict | Crux | Avg | Value | Δ med 86 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =19 | Paper Flat El Pomar District · Marsanne · Templeton Twelve wines from fourteen hundred cases, only 65% estate — Paper Flat is a blender, and a very good one. | 91 | $70 | 91 | +5 | |
| =19 | Shell Fork El Pomar District · Mourvèdre · Templeton El Pomar Mourvèdre at $52 with a value score of 99, from a house founded in 2014 that already publishes its full additions list. | 91 | $52 | 99 | +5 | |
| =30 | Yost & Orsini El Pomar District · Merlot · Templeton El Pomar Merlot at $61 that walks in off the street: 90 points, full additions published, twenty dollars to sit down. | 90 | $61 | 87 | +4 | |
| =37 | Chalk Furrow El Pomar District · Marsanne · Templeton Fourteen wines, no sub-score above 91 and none below 86 — Chalk Furrow's whole argument is that it never misses. | 89 | $54 | 88 | +3 | |
| =51 | Barn Terrace El Pomar District · Zinfandel · Templeton Eighteen wines from eight hundred estate cases at $42, additions published in full — small, cheap, and unusually frank. | 88 | $42 | 92 | +2 | |
| =57 | Bald Row El Pomar District · Grenache · Templeton A 95-point room in front of a Grenache that scores 87, from a house that has been at it since 1977. | 87 | $70 | 85 | +1 | |
| =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 | +1 | |
| =57 | Ivers Mesa El Pomar District · Tempranillo · Templeton Declines to disclose additions, owns no vineyard, charges $45 that it does not refund: 79 for transparency is generous. | 87 | $78 | 84 | +1 | |
| =76 | Kenmar Winery El Pomar District · Mourvèdre · Templeton Fourteen thousand cases founded in 2014, 92% estate, and a Mourvèdre that has not dipped below 80 in a decade. | 86 | $76 | 84 | ±0 | |
| =76 | Kiler Draw El Pomar District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Templeton Cabernet at $54 with a value score of 93, from a house that owns no vines and does not pretend to. | 86 | $54 | 93 | ±0 | |
| =88 | Merriam & Wexler El Pomar District · Petite Sirah · Templeton Fourteen thousand cases with the additions published in full; transparency at 93 is unusual at that volume. | 85 | $66 | 83 | −1 | |
| =104 | Dellamo Vista El Pomar District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Templeton Four wines, eight hundred cases, no vineyard and no additions list; the 87-point room is what you are actually buying. | 84 | $63 | 83 | −2 | |
| =104 | Jack Furrow El Pomar District · Syrah · Templeton Thirty-nine dollars, walk-in, value at 96, and nothing published about what is in it. | 84 | $39 | 96 | −2 | |
| =118 | Corliss Wash El Pomar District · Syrah · Templeton All estate El Pomar Syrah at $61 — consistency at 77 is the price of a young vineyard, not a careless one. | 83 | $61 | 86 | −3 | |
| =147 | Lindqvist Furrow El Pomar District · Zinfandel · Templeton Fourteen thousand cases, four wines, 92% estate, walk-in — Lindqvist Furrow does one thing at scale and does it evenly. | 81 | $61 | 74 | −5 | |
| =167 | Summit Row El Pomar District · Viognier · Templeton Fourteen wines from eight hundred cases, and no vintage above 82 across the ten on record. | 79 | $67 | 76 | −7 | |
| =183 | Oyster Grade El Pomar District · Marsanne · Templeton Quality at 73 and consistency at 72: Oyster Grade's Marsanne has not had a good year since 2019. | 75 | $42 | 79 | −11 |
The El Pomar District is one of eleven sub-districts of the Paso Robles AVA. Cruxvine scores 17 producers there, with a median Crux Score of 86 — 1 points above the Paso Robles median of 85. The most common grape among them is Marsanne.
Paper Flat, at a Crux Score of 91 — =19 of 187 in Paso Robles overall. Twelve wines from fourteen hundred cases, only 65% estate — Paper Flat is a blender, and a very good one.
Cruxvine has scored 17 producers in the El Pomar District, out of 187 in the Paso Robles AVA.