Cruxvine scores 14 producers in the Templeton Gap District. The median Crux Score here is 89 against 85 for Paso Robles as a whole, and the median bottle is $94 against $69.
| # | Producer & verdict | Crux | Avg | Value | Δ med 89 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Verrone Vista Templeton Gap District · Petit Verdot · Templeton A hundred for the wine and a hundred for the room, across nineteen bottlings and fourteen thousand cases — scale has cost this place nothing. | 96 | $106 | 88 | +7 | |
| =1 | Whitcomb & Naveau Templeton Gap District · Merlot · Templeton A Merlot built for its second decade in bottle, with a tasting room scoring 100 for the people who will not wait that long. | 96 | $101 | 86 | +7 | |
| =5 | Kiler Winery Templeton Gap District · Mourvèdre · Templeton Walk in, pay fifteen dollars, and drink Mourvèdre from a house that scores 98 for both its room and its candour. | 94 | $99 | 87 | +5 | |
| =13 | Ridgemark & Nolby Templeton Gap District · Mourvèdre · Templeton Eighteen wines is too many; the ones that hold the 95 are the Mourvèdres, and 2024 is the vintage to buy. | 92 | $102 | 79 | +3 | |
| =19 | Bramble Hill Templeton Gap District · Tempranillo · Templeton Fifty-four years in Templeton Gap on 55% estate fruit; the Tempranillo is consistent at 95 and the room has never been the point. | 91 | $85 | 88 | +2 | |
| =37 | Cordell Fork Templeton Gap District · Zinfandel · Templeton A 95-point room in front of Zinfandel whose vintages run from 82 to 93 — the welcome is steadier than the wine. | 89 | $62 | 91 | ±0 | |
| =37 | Draycott Trail Templeton Gap District · Merlot · Templeton Four wines, one of them the Merlot that earns the 93, and a $50 fee that Templeton Gap increasingly assumes you will pay. | 89 | $94 | 78 | ±0 | |
| =37 | Tarrant & Marchetti Templeton Gap District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Templeton A hundred per cent estate Cabernet at $90, and a tasting room at 81 that has not caught up with the vineyard. | 89 | $90 | 90 | ±0 | |
| =51 | Ashby Hill Templeton Gap District · Picpoul Blanc · Templeton A 96-point room and a value score of 70: Ashby Hill charges $108 for Picpoul grown 60% somewhere else. | 88 | $108 | 70 | −1 | |
| =51 | Ellery Field Templeton Gap District · Cabernet Sauvignon · Templeton The Cabernet earns 92 and the tasting room earns 78 — buy the bottle somewhere else and drink it at home. | 88 | $80 | 85 | −1 | |
| =88 | Stapleton Knoll Templeton Gap District · Syrah · Templeton Nine thousand cases of Templeton Gap Syrah at $53 that never quite excel and never disappoint. | 85 | $53 | 82 | −4 | |
| =118 | Lindqvist & Quint Templeton Gap District · Petite Sirah · Templeton Consistency of 90 on four wines nobody grew, at $106, with value at 66 — reliably expensive. | 83 | $106 | 66 | −6 | |
| =147 | Tarrant & Kell Templeton Gap District · Syrah · Templeton A hundred per cent estate Syrah at $83, seventeen wines deep, with value at 71 — the estate is real, the price is ambitious. | 81 | $83 | 71 | −8 | |
| =159 | Calder Gate Templeton Gap District · Petite Sirah · Templeton Eleven wines with no sub-score above 82: Calder Gate is the definition of the middle of this list. | 80 | $71 | 76 | −9 |
The Templeton Gap District is one of eleven sub-districts of the Paso Robles AVA. Cruxvine scores 14 producers there, with a median Crux Score of 89 — 4 points above the Paso Robles median of 85. 5 grapes tie for most common among them: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Mourvèdre, Petite Sirah, Syrah.
Verrone Vista, at a Crux Score of 96 — =1 of 187 in Paso Robles overall. A hundred for the wine and a hundred for the room, across nineteen bottlings and fourteen thousand cases — scale has cost this place nothing.
Cruxvine has scored 14 producers in the Templeton Gap District, out of 187 in the Paso Robles AVA.