Cruxvine scores 17 producers in the San Miguel District. The median Crux Score here is 85 against 85 for Paso Robles as a whole, and the median bottle is $56 against $69.
| # | Producer & verdict | Crux | Avg | Value | Δ med 85 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =13 | Braithe Trail San Miguel District · Mourvèdre · San Miguel Ninety-nine for value at $40 a bottle, from eight hundred cases of San Miguel Mourvèdre — the price has not caught up with the wine. | 92 | $40 | 99 | +7 | |
| =19 | Calf Gate San Miguel District · Petit Verdot · San Miguel Four wines, all estate, all San Miguel Petit Verdot, $61, and a value score of 100 that the 80-point room does not spoil. | 91 | $61 | 100 | +6 | |
| =37 | Pell & Hollis San Miguel District · Zinfandel · San Miguel Eight hundred cases split across eighteen wines is a lot of ambition; the Zinfandel is where it lands. | 89 | $83 | 83 | +4 | |
| =51 | Tar Estate San Miguel District · Grenache · San Miguel Nine thousand estate cases of San Miguel Grenache at $42, value at 97 — the appellation's quietest bargain at scale. | 88 | $42 | 97 | +3 | |
| =57 | Merriam & Whitcomb San Miguel District · Petite Sirah · San Miguel Seventeen wines from all-estate San Miguel fruit at $87, value at 72 — the vineyard is better than the pricing. | 87 | $87 | 72 | +2 | |
| =57 | Orsini & Oakhurst San Miguel District · Cabernet Sauvignon · San Miguel Eight hundred cases, $67, appointment only — Orsini & Oakhurst is a mailing list with a tasting room attached. | 87 | $67 | 88 | +2 | |
| =76 | Jack Hollow San Miguel District · Cabernet Sauvignon · San Miguel Fifty-six dollars, value at 96, and not one word about what goes in the tank. | 86 | $56 | 96 | +1 | |
| =88 | Marchetti Knoll San Miguel District · Chardonnay · San Miguel Free to taste, all estate, eighteen wines out of eight hundred cases — a 1974 house still behaving like a garage. | 85 | $51 | 81 | ±0 | |
| =88 | Thorne & Rhodes San Miguel District · Petite Sirah · San Miguel A 90-point room, walk-in, fifteen dollars, and a Petite Sirah at 86 — the visit outperforms the bottle. | 85 | $87 | 77 | ±0 | |
| =104 | Chalk Gate San Miguel District · Grenache · San Miguel Fifty dollars to taste a $51 bottle, in a room scoring 75; Chalk Gate has the ratio backwards. | 84 | $51 | 83 | −1 | |
| =104 | Prewitt & Halloran San Miguel District · Zinfandel · San Miguel Ninety-six per cent estate Zinfandel across eighteen wines, and a $50 fee that value at 75 does not support. | 84 | $83 | 75 | −1 | |
| =118 | Quarry Gate San Miguel District · Grenache · San Miguel Four wines from fourteen hundred cases in a 91-point room, with nothing disclosed about any of them. | 83 | $78 | 72 | −2 | |
| =137 | Corliss Draw San Miguel District · Syrah · San Miguel Publishes its full additions list and scores 70 for the room; 2024 is the best Syrah Corliss Draw has made. | 82 | $54 | 80 | −3 | |
| =147 | Hollis & Hemsley San Miguel District · Marsanne · San Miguel Twenty-seven dollars a bottle with value at 93: the whole case for San Miguel Marsanne, made cheaply. | 81 | $27 | 93 | −4 | |
| =159 | Cañada Reach San Miguel District · Petite Sirah · San Miguel Thirty-one dollars with value at 92 and transparency at 64 — cheap, improving, and unwilling to say why. | 80 | $31 | 92 | −5 | |
| =159 | Summit Ridge San Miguel District · Grenache · San Miguel Thirty-seven dollars from 88% estate fruit, nine thousand cases, founded 2013 — Summit Ridge is growing into its own vineyard. | 80 | $37 | 86 | −5 | |
| =173 | Orsini Furrow San Miguel District · Albariño · San Miguel Eighteen wines from eight hundred cases, free to taste, walk in: an Albariño house spread across far too many labels. | 78 | $70 | 74 | −7 |
The San Miguel District is one of eleven sub-districts of the Paso Robles AVA. Cruxvine scores 17 producers there, with a median Crux Score of 85 — level with the Paso Robles median of 85. The most common grape among them is Grenache.
Braithe Trail, at a Crux Score of 92 — =13 of 187 in Paso Robles overall. Ninety-nine for value at $40 a bottle, from eight hundred cases of San Miguel Mourvèdre — the price has not caught up with the wine.
Cruxvine has scored 17 producers in the San Miguel District, out of 187 in the Paso Robles AVA.