Which Paso Robles winery makes the best Petit Verdot?
Verrone Vista, at a Crux Score of 96. Cruxvine scores 5 Paso Robles producers whose lead grape is Petit Verdot; their median score is 91 and their median bottle is $61.
Every Paso Robles producer Cruxvine scores whose lead grape is Petit Verdot, ranked. Median Crux Score 91, median bottle $61.
A hundred for the wine and a hundred for the room, across nineteen bottlings and fourteen thousand cases — scale has cost this place nothing.
Consistency of 100 across ten vintages: eight wines, no misses, and a $105 ask that assumes you already knew.
Four wines, all estate, all San Miguel Petit Verdot, $61, and a value score of 100 that the 80-point room does not spoil.
A tasting room scoring 69 in front of $35 Petit Verdot with value at 97: buy the wine, skip the appointment.
Nineteen wines from eight hundred cases since 1972, at $43 with value at 91 — a half-century of doing too much, cheaply.
| # | Producer & verdict | Crux | Avg | Value | Δ med 91 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =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 | +5 | |
| 4 | Kestrel & Quint Adelaida District · Petit Verdot · Paso Robles Consistency of 100 across ten vintages: eight wines, no misses, and a $105 ask that assumes you already knew. | 95 | $105 | 79 | +4 | |
| =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 | ±0 | |
| =118 | Vantrease & Ashby Paso Robles Highlands District · Petit Verdot · Creston A tasting room scoring 69 in front of $35 Petit Verdot with value at 97: buy the wine, skip the appointment. | 83 | $35 | 97 | −8 | |
| =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 | −10 |
Verrone Vista, at a Crux Score of 96. Cruxvine scores 5 Paso Robles producers whose lead grape is Petit Verdot; their median score is 91 and their median bottle is $61.
Among the 5 Paso Robles producers Cruxvine scores with Petit Verdot as their lead grape, the median Crux Score is 91, against 85 for the appellation across all grapes.