Cruxvine scores 19 producers in the Santa Margarita Ranch. The median Crux Score here is 87 against 85 for Paso Robles as a whole, and the median bottle is $70 against $69.
| # | Producer & verdict | Crux | Avg | Value | Δ med 87 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Marchetti & Braithe Santa Margarita Ranch · Mourvèdre · Santa Margarita The Mourvèdre the rest of Santa Margarita Ranch is quietly measuring itself against, let down only by an 81 for transparency. | 96 | $87 | 93 | +9 | |
| =5 | Kell Bench Santa Margarita Ranch · Petite Sirah · Santa Margarita Publishes every addition, charges nothing to taste, and still scores 94 — transparency of 98 from a house with everything to protect. | 94 | $81 | 83 | +7 | |
| =19 | Bellamy & Vashon Santa Margarita Ranch · Grenache · Santa Margarita A perfect value score at $62, from eight hundred cases — Bellamy & Vashon has never learned to charge what it could. | 91 | $62 | 100 | +4 | |
| =19 | Fairbourne Rise Santa Margarita Ranch · Marsanne · Santa Margarita Marsanne at 98 for quality and 82 for the room: come for the bottle, not the hour. | 91 | $100 | 80 | +4 | |
| =19 | Prewitt Bench Santa Margarita Ranch · Merlot · Santa Margarita A 95-point room pouring 95-point Merlot, on 40% estate fruit that the house does not pretend otherwise about. | 91 | $88 | 79 | +4 | |
| =30 | Steelhead Vineyards Santa Margarita Ranch · Petite Sirah · Santa Margarita Publishes its full additions list and pours by appointment only; the Petite Sirah earns 91 and the $45 fee is not refunded. | 90 | $98 | 76 | +3 | |
| =30 | Whitcomb Vista Santa Margarita Ranch · Zinfandel · Santa Margarita A value score of 98 at $41 — and 2024 is the best vintage Whitcomb Vista has made in a decade. | 90 | $41 | 98 | +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 | ±0 | |
| =57 | Hallow Estate Santa Margarita Ranch · Merlot · Santa Margarita Fourteen thousand cases founded in 2012 that already hold 90 for consistency; the Merlot is the one to order. | 87 | $68 | 90 | ±0 | |
| =57 | Rocky Grade Santa Margarita Ranch · Picpoul Blanc · Santa Margarita Six wines, eight hundred cases, free to taste, no appointment — the least friction in Santa Margarita Ranch. | 87 | $72 | 85 | ±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 | −2 | |
| =88 | Nolby & Larkin Santa Margarita Ranch · Grenache · Santa Margarita Nineteen wines, no vineyard, no disclosure, $53 — value at 90 is doing a lot of work here. | 85 | $53 | 90 | −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 | −4 | |
| =118 | Norwood Flat Santa Margarita Ranch · Syrah · Santa Margarita Eighteen wines out of eight hundred cases at $87, with value at 72 — ambition running well ahead of the arithmetic. | 83 | $87 | 72 | −4 | |
| =137 | Bellamy Winery Santa Margarita Ranch · Petite Sirah · Santa Margarita A 91-point room, four wines, nothing owned and nothing disclosed — founded in 2015 and already selling the experience. | 82 | $57 | 77 | −5 | |
| =137 | Sable Bluff Santa Margarita Ranch · Roussanne · Santa Margarita Eighteen wines out of nine thousand cases at $83, value at 73 — a broad range with a narrow reason to buy. | 82 | $83 | 73 | −5 | |
| =147 | Fenwick & Sable Santa Margarita Ranch · Merlot · Santa Margarita Six wines from fourteen hundred cases, named pours, fifteen dollars — small, cheap, and entirely undocumented. | 81 | $63 | 75 | −6 | |
| =147 | Jack Gate Santa Margarita Ranch · Syrah · Santa Margarita Publishes its full additions list on 92% estate fruit at $53; quality of 79 is the honest number and it is printed. | 81 | $53 | 84 | −6 | |
| =159 | Dover Wash Santa Margarita Ranch · Grenache · Santa Margarita Four wines, $43, value at 88, an 88-point room and no disclosure at all — a good afternoon on trust. | 80 | $43 | 88 | −7 |
The Santa Margarita Ranch is one of eleven sub-districts of the Paso Robles AVA. Cruxvine scores 19 producers there, with a median Crux Score of 87 — 2 points above the Paso Robles median of 85. 4 grapes tie for most common among them: Counoise, Grenache, Merlot, Petite Sirah.
Marchetti & Braithe, at a Crux Score of 96 — =1 of 187 in Paso Robles overall. The Mourvèdre the rest of Santa Margarita Ranch is quietly measuring itself against, let down only by an 81 for transparency.
Cruxvine has scored 19 producers in the Santa Margarita Ranch, out of 187 in the Paso Robles AVA.