“Pays Cruxvine $149 a month for a claimed listing and scores 89 anyway, which is what a claimed listing is worth.”
= shared rank: 14 producers score 89
Hemsley Trail is a Zinfandel producer in the Willow Creek District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 89 out of 100 — 4 points above the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =37 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 13 other producers). Its strongest category is tasting room (96); its weakest is value for price (78). The average bottle costs $98, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 8425 Ranchita Canyon Rd, Paso Robles · Sat–Sun 10:00–16:00 · walk-ins welcome · $25 tasting, waived on purchase. Hemsley Trail pays Cruxvine $149/month for a claimed listing, which buys nothing in this review; the full customer list is published.
How the Crux Score works · All 16 producers in Willow Creek District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 89 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
8425 Ranchita Canyon Rd
Paso Robles, CA · Willow Creek District
Sat–Sun 10:00–16:00
Walk-ins welcome
$25 per person
Waived on purchase
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.
Hemsley Trail pays us for a claimed listing. It buys nothing in this review — see the customer list.
12 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Independent · no parent group on file. Reports 65% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 78.
Cruxvine scores Hemsley Trail's tasting room 96 out of 100 and the winery 89 overall, ranking it =37 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is above the Paso Robles median of 83. Pays Cruxvine $149 a month for a claimed listing and scores 89 anyway, which is what a claimed listing is worth.
Tasting at Hemsley Trail costs $25 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
No — Hemsley Trail takes walk-ins. It is open Sat–Sun, 10:00–16:00.
Hemsley Trail is a Zinfandel specialist. Cruxvine assessed 12 of its wines, poured blind, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2017 at 94 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2030 and 2035, holding to about 2042.