Paso Robles is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in northern San Luis Obispo (SLO) County, California. It was established as the nation's 44th, the state's 29th and the county's fourth wine appellation on October 4, 1983 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by Martin Brothers Winery accompanied by 51 signatures of local grape-growers and wineries proposing a viticultural area named "Paso Robles." At the outset, the viticultural area encompassed 609,673 acres (953 sq mi) with approximately 18,500 acres (7,487 ha) cultivating wine grapes known for their heritage varietal Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Rhône-style wines.
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Paso Robles is an appellation in California, United States. We track 50 of its wines in stock at 11 shops, from 10 wine houses, from € 16.72; mostly red, white.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | warmso far +0.9 °C · 1,815 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,874 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2024 | 1 | € 52.50 | € 52.50 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,059 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2023 | 3 | € 29.43 | € 39.48 | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,770 GDD · 40 % rain |
| 2022 | 8 | € 19.26 | € 50.64 | – | hotdrywet harvest +1.2 °C · 2,149 GDD · 47 % rain |
| 2021 | 9 | € 29.43 | € 54.85 | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,856 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2020 | 7 | € 32.11 | € 479.01 | 95.0 (1 wine) | warmdry harvest +0.9 °C · 2,087 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2019 | 13 | € 16.72 | € 452.43 | 95.0 (1 wine) | average +0.1 °C · 1,898 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2018 | 4 | € 86.15 | € 284.09 | – | warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,987 GDD · 46 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,066 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2016 | 1 | € 65.00 | € 65.00 | – | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,929 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 2,037 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,055 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,922 GDD · 37 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,893 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,648 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | coldwetdry harvest −1.3 °C · 1,596 GDD · 151 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.1 °C · 1,864 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | averagedry +0.4 °C · 1,978 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,863 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,868 GDD · 207 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,704 GDD · 144 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,907 GDD · 184 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.3 °C · 1,959 GDD · 150 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 1,790 GDD · 41 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,890 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,842 GDD · 162 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.0 °C · 1,675 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.3 °C · 1,605 GDD · 213 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.9 °C · 2,086 GDD · 12 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | warmwetdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,041 GDD · 143 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,791 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,877 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,895 GDD · 32 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.2 °C · 2,147 GDD · 63 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.8 °C · 1,713 GDD · 37 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warmdrywet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,069 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 1,995 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.5 °C · 1,986 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.7 °C · 2,033 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | averagedrywet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,855 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.6 °C · 2,014 GDD · 34 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.3 °C · 2,170 GDD · 44 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,843 GDD · 199 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,801 GDD · 184 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Paso Robles's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
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