“Eight hundred cases, five wines, $91, and a room at 75 — a wine club with a tasting bar.”
= shared rank: 14 producers score 84
Boye Bluff is a Merlot producer in the Paso Robles Highlands District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 84 out of 100 — 1 point below the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =104 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 13 other producers). Its strongest category is consistency (89); its weakest is tasting room (75). The average bottle costs $91, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 731 Live Oak Rd, Creston · Daily 10:00–17:00 · appointment required · $45 tasting, waived on purchase. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Boye Bluff; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 19 producers in Paso Robles Highlands District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 84 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
731 Live Oak Rd
Creston, CA · Paso Robles Highlands District
Daily 10:00–17:00
By appointment
$45 per person
Waived on purchase
Dogs welcome · No food service
Tasting room scored 75
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.
Boye Bluff is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
5 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Independent · family-held since 2008. Reports 96% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 79.
Cruxvine scores Boye Bluff's tasting room 75 out of 100 and the winery 84 overall, ranking it =104 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is below the Paso Robles median of 83. Eight hundred cases, five wines, $91, and a room at 75 — a wine club with a tasting bar.
Tasting at Boye Bluff costs $45 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
Yes — Boye Bluff is by appointment only. It is open Daily, 10:00–17:00.
Boye Bluff is a Merlot specialist. Cruxvine assessed 5 of its wines, poured blind, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2018 at 91 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2027 and 2031, holding to about 2037.
At Boye Bluff, dogs are welcome.