Pick 2 Paso Royalty wines

Alan_Eden · July 23, 2014, 2:17am

OK, you can two wine clubs only out the following, what do you pick

Denner
Saxum
Alban
Epoch
Booker
Torrin

R_Smith1 · July 23, 2014, 2:23am

Saxum and Alban would be my picks.

Jody_Smith · July 23, 2014, 2:34am

+1, Booker pullin 3. The price on all of them tho - damn.

Andrew_Kaufman · July 23, 2014, 2:36am

Alban is not in Paso.

Jody_Smith · July 23, 2014, 2:48am

Edna/Paso-same thing right

Jason_Hagen · July 23, 2014, 2:49am

Has Turley fallen so far from grace?

Exactly.

NED_VALOIS · July 23, 2014, 3:20am

Saxum & Saxum !

B_Buzzini · July 23, 2014, 3:25am

Impressed with Tablas Creek when we were there in may…I’d do their club, if I were doing clubs! Great array of wines…with good benefits to members!!

Michael_Martin · July 23, 2014, 3:42am

Saxum and Nicora.

Taylor_Broussard · July 23, 2014, 4:47am

I’d opt for Tablas Creek above all of them, but I’m not sure they’re in his wheelhouse. Every time Ive tried them with considerable age they show beautifully.

Of the two options, I’d go Denner and Saxum. Vineyards are on either side of Willow Creek road too, so there’s an interesting basis for comparison.

Joel_W · July 23, 2014, 4:56am

Torrin and Saxum…

Peter_Petersen · July 23, 2014, 2:51pm

Off topic, but Tablas Creek Vineyards and Turley are my favs.

Larry_P · July 23, 2014, 3:27pm

Yes! Although I think of Turley as a Napa Valley winery, they do indeed own a winery in Paso. These in fact are the two Paso wineries I buy from regularly.

Chris_Seiber · July 23, 2014, 4:57pm

I’d probably go with some combination of Denner, Tablas Creek and Turley. Those three have a diverse porfolio of excellent wines and mostly at very reasonable prices.

But I haven’t had Saxum before. I highly doubt I’d be a regular buyer at those prices anyway, even if it were, as I would expect, very good wine.

Paul_Flynn · July 23, 2014, 5:20pm

L’Aventure.

Mike_Davila · July 23, 2014, 5:22pm

Saxum and Alban
Villa Creek is another option for that area

Anton_D · July 23, 2014, 5:28pm

I have fondness for Justin, so I will toss out that name.

Alan_Eden · July 23, 2014, 5:30pm

Saxum to Alban is 39 miles, while not technically in Paso i think of it as a Paso area winery

Am i wrong ?

Larry_P · July 23, 2014, 5:52pm

We tend to lump together Paso with Central Coast I guess, but it’s not correct to call Alban a Paso winery. Alban’s winery, and with only a couple exceptions, vineyard sources are in Edna Valley.

Chris_Seiber · July 23, 2014, 6:05pm

It’s not really being nitpicky – the two areas are nothing alike. Paso is a much hotter climate hilly inland place that specializes in Rhones and zins. Edna Valley is a coastal cool climate place that mostly specializes in pinot and chardonnay, though there is some cool climate syrah and zin too.

The high today in Paso should be mid 90s, and the high in Edna Valley should be around 80, just for example. Of course, it depends on where you are in those areas (the farther inland, the hotter), but Paso in the summer probably averages 15+ degrees hotter in the daytime.