“A tasting room scoring 69 in front of $35 Petit Verdot with value at 97: buy the wine, skip the appointment.”
= shared rank: 19 producers score 83
Vantrease & Ashby is a Petit Verdot producer in the Paso Robles Highlands 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 (97); its weakest is tasting room (69). The average bottle costs $35, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 771 Willow Creek Rd, Creston · Daily 11:00–18:00 · appointment required · $45 tasting. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Vantrease & Ashby; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 19 producers in Paso Robles Highlands District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 83 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
771 Willow Creek Rd
Creston, CA · Paso Robles Highlands District
Daily 11:00–18:00
By appointment
$45 per person
Dogs welcome · No food service
Tasting room scored 69
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.
Vantrease & Ashby is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
14 wines assessed. Not all pours were blind; the score is capped accordingly.
Independent · no parent group on file. Reports 74% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 86.
Cruxvine scores Vantrease & Ashby's tasting room 69 out of 100 and the winery 83 overall, ranking it =118 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is below the Paso Robles median of 83. A tasting room scoring 69 in front of $35 Petit Verdot with value at 97: buy the wine, skip the appointment.
Tasting at Vantrease & Ashby costs $45 per person.
Yes — Vantrease & Ashby is by appointment only. It is open Daily, 11:00–18:00.
Vantrease & Ashby is a Petit Verdot specialist. Cruxvine assessed 14 of its wines, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2021 at 86 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2027 and 2031, holding to about 2036.
At Vantrease & Ashby, dogs are welcome.