“Seven wines, eight hundred cases, free to taste, walk in, and a 67-point room: cheap in every sense.”
= shared rank: 5 producers score 75
Nolby Trail is a Cabernet Sauvignon producer in the Paso Robles Estrella District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 75 out of 100 — 10 points below the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =183 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 4 other producers). Its strongest category is value for price (78); its weakest is tasting room (67). The average bottle costs $41, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 8215 Nacimiento Lake Dr, Paso Robles · Daily 11:00–18:00 · walk-ins welcome · tasting free. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Nolby Trail; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 13 producers in Paso Robles Estrella District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 75 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
8215 Nacimiento Lake Dr
Paso Robles, CA · Paso Robles Estrella District
Daily 11:00–18:00
Walk-ins welcome
Free
Dogs welcome · No food service
Tasting room scored 67
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.
Nolby Trail is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
7 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Independent · no parent group on file. Does not report an estate-fruit percentage.
Declines to disclose additions. Transparency scored 71.
Cruxvine scores Nolby Trail's tasting room 67 out of 100 and the winery 75 overall, ranking it =183 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is below the Paso Robles median of 83. Seven wines, eight hundred cases, free to taste, walk in, and a 67-point room: cheap in every sense.
Tasting at Nolby Trail is free.
No — Nolby Trail takes walk-ins. It is open Daily, 11:00–18:00.
Nolby Trail is a Cabernet Sauvignon specialist. Cruxvine assessed 7 of its wines, poured blind, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2018 at 81 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2023 and 2025, holding to about 2028.
At Nolby Trail, dogs are welcome.