“Quality of 80 and value of 89 at $51: you are buying the price, and Kestrel & Amsel is fine with that.”
= shared rank: 19 producers score 83
Kestrel & Amsel is a Grenache producer in the Willow Creek District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 83 out of 100 — 2 points below the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =118 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 18 other producers). Its strongest category is value for price (89); its weakest is transparency (79). The average bottle costs $51, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 2981 Hwy 46 East, Paso Robles · Wed–Sun 11:00–17:00 · walk-ins welcome · $15 tasting, waived on purchase. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Kestrel & Amsel; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 16 producers in Willow Creek District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 83 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
2981 Hwy 46 East
Paso Robles, CA · Willow Creek District
Wed–Sun 11:00–17:00
Walk-ins welcome
$15 per person
Waived on purchase
No dogs · No food service
Tasting room scored 88
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.
Kestrel & Amsel is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
5 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Independent · family-held since 1989. Reports 65% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 79.
Cruxvine scores Kestrel & Amsel's tasting room 88 out of 100 and the winery 83 overall, ranking it =118 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is above the Paso Robles median of 83. Quality of 80 and value of 89 at $51: you are buying the price, and Kestrel & Amsel is fine with that.
Tasting at Kestrel & Amsel costs $15 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
No — Kestrel & Amsel takes walk-ins. It is open Wed–Sun, 11:00–17:00.
Kestrel & Amsel is a Grenache specialist. Cruxvine assessed 5 of its wines, poured blind, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2018 at 87 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2028 and 2032, holding to about 2037.