“A hundred for the wine and a hundred for the room, across nineteen bottlings and fourteen thousand cases — scale has cost this place nothing.”
= shared rank: 3 producers score 96
Verrone Vista is a Petit Verdot producer in the Templeton Gap District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 96 out of 100 — 11 points above the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =1 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 2 other producers). Its strongest category is wine quality (100); its weakest is value for price (88). The average bottle costs $106, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 9410 Cripple Creek Rd, Templeton · Sat–Sun 10:00–16:00 · appointment required · $40 tasting, waived on purchase. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Verrone Vista; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 14 producers in Templeton Gap District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 96 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
9410 Cripple Creek Rd
Templeton, CA · Templeton Gap District
Sat–Sun 10:00–16:00
By appointment
$40 per person
Waived on purchase
No dogs · No food service
Tasting room scored 100
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.
Verrone Vista is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
19 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Coastal Cellars Collective. Reports 74% estate-grown fruit.
Discloses fining and filtration only. Transparency scored 90.
Cruxvine scores Verrone Vista's tasting room 100 out of 100 and the winery 96 overall, ranking it =1 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is above the Paso Robles median of 83. A hundred for the wine and a hundred for the room, across nineteen bottlings and fourteen thousand cases — scale has cost this place nothing.
Tasting at Verrone Vista costs $40 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
Yes — Verrone Vista is by appointment only. It is open Sat–Sun, 10:00–16:00.
Verrone Vista is a Petit Verdot specialist. Cruxvine assessed 19 of its wines, poured blind, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2021 at 99 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2032 and 2038, holding to about 2047.