“A 96-point room and a value score of 70: Ashby Hill charges $108 for Picpoul grown 60% somewhere else.”
= shared rank: 6 producers score 88
Ashby Hill is a Picpoul Blanc producer in the Templeton Gap District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 88 out of 100 — 3 points above the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =51 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 5 other producers). Its strongest category is tasting room (96); its weakest is value for price (70). The average bottle costs $108, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 1519 Willow Creek Rd, Templeton · Thu–Sun 11:00–17:00 · appointment required · tasting free. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Ashby Hill; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 14 producers in Templeton Gap District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 88 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
1519 Willow Creek Rd
Templeton, CA · Templeton Gap District
Thu–Sun 11:00–17:00
By appointment
Free
No dogs · No food service
Tasting room scored 96
2020 carries smoke exposure from the August complex fires. We score bottles, not intentions.
Every producer in the appellation is scored for each of these years. See the whole Paso Robles vintage record, or what 2020 cost every producer here.
Ashby Hill is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
12 wines assessed. Not all pours were blind; the score is capped accordingly.
Terravine Holdings. Reports 40% estate-grown fruit.
Publishes a full additions list. Transparency scored 93.
Cruxvine scores Ashby Hill's tasting room 96 out of 100 and the winery 88 overall, ranking it =51 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is above the Paso Robles median of 83. A 96-point room and a value score of 70: Ashby Hill charges $108 for Picpoul grown 60% somewhere else.
Tasting at Ashby Hill is free.
Yes — Ashby Hill is by appointment only. It is open Thu–Sun, 11:00–17:00.
Ashby Hill is a Picpoul Blanc specialist. Cruxvine assessed 12 of its wines, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2018 at 95 points.
The 2023 bottling drinks from 2024 and is at peak between 2024 and 2026, holding to about 2028.