“Twenty-three dollars a bottle and a $50 tasting fee: Rocky Ranch charges more to try it than to take it home.”
= shared rank: 8 producers score 80
Rocky Ranch is a Petite Sirah producer in the Paso Robles Geneseo District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 80 out of 100 — 5 points below the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =159 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 7 other producers). Its strongest category is value for price (97); its weakest is transparency (71). The average bottle costs $23, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 1855 Peachy Canyon Rd, Paso Robles · Fri–Sun 11:00–16:00 · appointment required · $50 tasting. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Rocky Ranch; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 10 producers in Paso Robles Geneseo District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 80 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
1855 Peachy Canyon Rd
Paso Robles, CA · Paso Robles Geneseo District
Fri–Sun 11:00–16:00
By appointment
$50 per person
Dogs welcome · No food service
Tasting room scored 77
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.
Rocky Ranch is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
8 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Independent · family-held since 2014. Does not report an estate-fruit percentage.
Declines to disclose additions. Transparency scored 71.
Cruxvine scores Rocky Ranch's tasting room 77 out of 100 and the winery 80 overall, ranking it =159 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is below the Paso Robles median of 83. Twenty-three dollars a bottle and a $50 tasting fee: Rocky Ranch charges more to try it than to take it home.
Tasting at Rocky Ranch costs $50 per person.
Yes — Rocky Ranch is by appointment only. It is open Fri–Sun, 11:00–16:00.
Rocky Ranch is a Petite Sirah specialist. Cruxvine assessed 8 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 2023 and 2026, holding to about 2030.
At Rocky Ranch, dogs are welcome.