“El Pomar Merlot at $61 that walks in off the street: 90 points, full additions published, twenty dollars to sit down.”
= shared rank: 7 producers score 90
Yost & Orsini is a Merlot producer in the El Pomar District of the Paso Robles AVA, California. Cruxvine scores it 90 out of 100 — 5 points above the Paso Robles median of 85 — ranking it =30 of 187 producers in the appellation (tied with 6 other producers). Its strongest category is consistency (92); its weakest is tasting room (86). The average bottle costs $61, against a regional median of $69. Tasting: 6627 Vineyard Dr, Templeton · Thu–Sun 11:00–17:00 · walk-ins welcome · $20 tasting, waived on purchase. Cruxvine has no financial relationship with Yost & Orsini; bottles were purchased at retail.
How the Crux Score works · All 17 producers in El Pomar District · All 187 in Paso Robles
Crux Score 90 is these five weighted, not their average. The weighting is published.
6627 Vineyard Dr
Templeton, CA · El Pomar District
Thu–Sun 11:00–17:00
Walk-ins welcome
$20 per person
Waived on purchase
No dogs · No food service
Tasting room scored 86
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.
Yost & Orsini is not a Cruxvine customer. Bottles purchased at retail.
10 wines assessed, poured blind across two sessions.
Independent · family-held since 2009. Reports 88% estate-grown fruit.
Publishes a full additions list. Transparency scored 91.
Cruxvine scores Yost & Orsini's tasting room 86 out of 100 and the winery 90 overall, ranking it =30 of 187 in Paso Robles. Its tasting room score is above the Paso Robles median of 83. El Pomar Merlot at $61 that walks in off the street: 90 points, full additions published, twenty dollars to sit down.
Tasting at Yost & Orsini costs $20 per person, waived with a bottle purchase.
No — Yost & Orsini takes walk-ins. It is open Thu–Sun, 11:00–17:00.
Yost & Orsini is a Merlot specialist. Cruxvine assessed 10 of its wines, poured blind, and its best-scoring vintage on record is 2017 at 95 points.
The 2021 bottling drinks from 2022 and is at peak between 2030 and 2035, holding to about 2042.