“Counoise, free to taste, no appointment, 96% estate — the most generous door in Adelaida attached to a grape nobody markets.”
= shared rank: 14 producers score 89
Limestone Winery is a Counoise producer in the Adelaida 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 wine quality (93); its weakest is tasting room (79). The average bottle costs $76, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 5061 Cripple Creek Rd, Paso Robles · Fri–Sun 11:00–16:00 · walk-ins welcome · tasting free. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Limestone Winery; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 24 producers in Adelaida District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 89 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
5061 Cripple Creek Rd
Paso Robles, CA · Adelaida District
Fri–Sun 11:00–16:00
Walk-ins welcome
Free
No dogs · No food service
Tasting room scored 79
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.
Limestone Winery is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
13 wines assessed. Not all pours were blind; the score is capped accordingly.
Independent · no parent group on file. Reports 96% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 83.
Cruxvine scores Limestone Winery's tasting room 79 out of 100 and the winery 89 overall, ranking it =37 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is below the Paso Robles median of 83. Counoise, free to taste, no appointment, 96% estate — the most generous door in Adelaida attached to a grape nobody markets.
Tasting at Limestone Winery is free.
No — Limestone Winery takes walk-ins. It is open Fri–Sun, 11:00–16:00.
Limestone Winery is a Counoise specialist. Cruxvine assessed 13 of its wines, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2021 at 95 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2030 and 2035, holding to about 2042.