“Ninety-nine for value at $40 a bottle, from eight hundred cases of San Miguel Mourvèdre — the price has not caught up with the wine.”
= shared rank: 6 producers score 92
Braithe Trail is a Mourvèdre producer in the San Miguel District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 92 out of 100 — 7 points above the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =13 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 5 other producers). Its strongest category is value for price (99); its weakest is tasting room (81). The average bottle costs $40, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 4280 Cripple Creek Rd, San Miguel · Daily 11:00–18:00 · walk-ins welcome · $15 tasting, waived on purchase. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Braithe Trail; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 17 producers in San Miguel District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 92 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
4280 Cripple Creek Rd
San Miguel, CA · San Miguel District
Daily 11:00–18:00
Walk-ins welcome
$15 per person
Waived on purchase
Dogs welcome · Food served
Tasting room scored 81
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.
Braithe Trail is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
11 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Independent · family-held since 1998. Reports 88% estate-grown fruit.
Publishes a full additions list. Transparency scored 98.
Cruxvine scores Braithe Trail's tasting room 81 out of 100 and the winery 92 overall, ranking it =13 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is below the Paso Robles median of 83. Ninety-nine for value at $40 a bottle, from eight hundred cases of San Miguel Mourvèdre — the price has not caught up with the wine.
Tasting at Braithe Trail costs $15 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
No — Braithe Trail takes walk-ins. It is open Daily, 11:00–18:00.
Braithe Trail is a Mourvèdre specialist. Cruxvine assessed 11 of its wines, poured blind, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2018 at 97 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2031 and 2036, holding to about 2044.
At Braithe Trail, dogs are welcome and food is served.