“Fourteen thousand cases of Viognier from a 65-point room; 2024 is the best vintage, which is not saying a great deal.”
= shared rank: 4 producers score 76
Kell Grove is a Viognier producer in the Adelaida District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 76 out of 100 — 9 points below the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =179 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 3 other producers). Its strongest category is transparency (82); its weakest is tasting room (65). The average bottle costs $50, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 8445 Nacimiento Lake Dr, Paso Robles · Wed–Sun 11:00–17:00 · walk-ins welcome · $30 tasting, waived on purchase. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Kell Grove; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 24 producers in Adelaida District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 76 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
8445 Nacimiento Lake Dr
Paso Robles, CA · Adelaida District
Wed–Sun 11:00–17:00
Walk-ins welcome
$30 per person
Waived on purchase
Dogs welcome · No food service
Tasting room scored 65
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.
Kell Grove is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
6 wines assessed. Not all pours were blind; the score is capped accordingly.
Coastal Cellars Collective. Reports 92% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 82.
Cruxvine scores Kell Grove's tasting room 65 out of 100 and the winery 76 overall, ranking it =179 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is below the Paso Robles median of 83. Fourteen thousand cases of Viognier from a 65-point room; 2024 is the best vintage, which is not saying a great deal.
Tasting at Kell Grove costs $30 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
No — Kell Grove takes walk-ins. It is open Wed–Sun, 11:00–17:00.
Kell Grove is a Viognier specialist. Cruxvine assessed 6 of its wines, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2024 at 80 points.
The 2023 bottling drinks from 2024 and is at peak between 2024 and 2025, holding to about 2027.
At Kell Grove, dogs are welcome.