“Eight hundred cases split across eighteen wines is a lot of ambition; the Zinfandel is where it lands.”
= shared rank: 14 producers score 89
Pell & Hollis is a Zinfandel producer in the San Miguel 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 transparency (91); its weakest is value for price (83). The average bottle costs $83, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 4436 Vineyard Dr, San Miguel · Daily 10:00–17:00 · walk-ins welcome · $45 tasting, waived on purchase. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Pell & Hollis; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 17 producers in San Miguel District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 89 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
4436 Vineyard Dr
San Miguel, CA · San Miguel District
Daily 10:00–17:00
Walk-ins welcome
$45 per person
Waived on purchase
No dogs · No food service
Tasting room scored 90
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.
Pell & Hollis is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
18 wines assessed. Not all pours were blind; the score is capped accordingly.
Independent · no parent group on file. Reports 65% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 91.
Cruxvine scores Pell & Hollis's tasting room 90 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. Eight hundred cases split across eighteen wines is a lot of ambition; the Zinfandel is where it lands.
Tasting at Pell & Hollis costs $45 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
No — Pell & Hollis takes walk-ins. It is open Daily, 10:00–17:00.
Pell & Hollis is a Zinfandel specialist. Cruxvine assessed 18 of its wines, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2018 at 96 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2031 and 2036, holding to about 2043.