“Fifty dollars to taste a $51 bottle, in a room scoring 75; Chalk Gate has the ratio backwards.”
= shared rank: 14 producers score 84
Chalk Gate is a Grenache producer in the San Miguel 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 transparency (88); its weakest is tasting room (75). The average bottle costs $51, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 417 Live Oak Rd, San Miguel · Thu–Sun 11:00–17:00 · appointment required · $50 tasting. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Chalk Gate; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 17 producers in San Miguel District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 84 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
417 Live Oak Rd
San Miguel, CA · San Miguel District
Thu–Sun 11:00–17:00
By appointment
$50 per person
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.
Chalk Gate is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
15 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Independent · family-held since 2000. Reports 74% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 88.
Cruxvine scores Chalk Gate'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. Fifty dollars to taste a $51 bottle, in a room scoring 75; Chalk Gate has the ratio backwards.
Tasting at Chalk Gate costs $50 per person.
Yes — Chalk Gate is by appointment only. It is open Thu–Sun, 11:00–17:00.
Chalk Gate is a Grenache specialist. Cruxvine assessed 15 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 2029 and 2033, holding to about 2039.
At Chalk Gate, dogs are welcome.