“Fourteen thousand cases of Estrella Counoise at $70 with a 70-point room; the scale has outrun the reason for it.”
= shared rank: 3 producers score 77
Barn Row is a Counoise producer in the Paso Robles Estrella District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 77 out of 100 — 8 points below the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =176 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 2 other producers). Its strongest category is transparency (81); its weakest is tasting room (70). The average bottle costs $70, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 3407 Estrella Rd, Paso Robles · Wed–Sun 11:00–17:00 · appointment required · $25 tasting, waived on purchase. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Barn Row; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 13 producers in Paso Robles Estrella District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 77 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
3407 Estrella Rd
Paso Robles, CA · Paso Robles Estrella District
Wed–Sun 11:00–17:00
By appointment
$25 per person
Waived on purchase
Dogs welcome · No food service
Tasting room scored 70
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.
Barn Row is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
9 wines assessed. Not all pours were blind; the score is capped accordingly.
Independent · family-held since 2004. Reports 65% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 81.
Cruxvine scores Barn Row's tasting room 70 out of 100 and the winery 77 overall, ranking it =176 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is below the Paso Robles median of 83. Fourteen thousand cases of Estrella Counoise at $70 with a 70-point room; the scale has outrun the reason for it.
Tasting at Barn Row costs $25 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
Yes — Barn Row is by appointment only. It is open Wed–Sun, 11:00–17:00.
Barn Row is a Counoise specialist. Cruxvine assessed 9 of its wines, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2021 at 82 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2022 and 2024, holding to about 2028.
At Barn Row, dogs are welcome.