Paso Robles Wine: Everything You Need to Know
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2022
- Get a rundown of Paso Robles wine and taste the regions most important wines. See the Wine Folly Region Guide at paso.guides.winefolly.com
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Paso Robles (Pass-oh Row-buhlz), meaning Pass of the Oak Trees, has over 60 different grape varieties and almost as many microclimates! This means that despite its warm Central Coast location, we find amazingly powerful yet refreshing examples of both red and white wines.
Paso Robles Wine Chapters:
00:08 - Intro to Paso Wines
00:45 - Wine Regions
01:08 - Climate and Terroir
02:20 - Calcareous Soils
03:07 - Cabernet Sauvignon
04:14 - Petite Sirah
05:27 - Rhône Blends
06:58 - White Wines
08:06 - The Paso Wine Guide
Wines Tasted:
Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon - this.wine/v/d03030b2-dd83-4a7...
Brecon Estate "Estate Petite Sirah" - this.wine/v/e6b51841-cf7d-4af...
Villa Creek "High Road" - this.wine/v/2bdc6999-2139-456...
Epoch Estate "White" - this.wine/v/0d928f94-9345-41c...
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Great Job. I have lived in Paso Robles for about 30 years now. Love the area and the wines. The Austin Hope Cab you tasted is probably the very best wine from Paso...
Mr Toler I would love to visit Paso Robles
I could watch this lady talk wine all day. Really feel her passion and it invigorates mine as well!
Madeline, you are such a wine nerd! I love it! Your delivery and approach to the whole topic of wine is so infectious. I get excited about topics just from your enthusiasm alone when I watch these videos. Keep up the awesome work!
I absolutely LOVE your tasting notes!
Absolutely love your videos. Informative and fun. Please keep them coming!
Great explanation of amazing wines! Loved the video and Paso wines!
You are amazing! Thanks for boundless energy!
Wines from Paso are my favorites. The area is so beautiful and I can’t wait to go back again to explore more vineyards. Only went to Castoro and they were great.
I'm pretty sure I was in 4H with the Castoro families son about 13 years ago.
Thank you Madeline for this interesting introduction on Paso Robles wines. I will certainly look for some here in the stores in Belgium.
Paso Robles has been a favorite appellation for wines for me. Great place to visit too.
Paso-area resident and husband to a wine grape grower🙋♂️. very nice summary about our region!
This is a lot of fun! Love your enthusiasm! Keep these coming! :)
My hometown! When I was working in the wineries there, there was around 35 Wineries, now around 200 on the world stage! 🍷🤙Awesome!
Oh dude, we’re at like 400 labels now, if you include the super tiny garagiste labels, production crew side projects, and custom crush clients
Wow, these garagistes should be registering them into the guide! It's totally free for independent wineries. BECAUSE WE LOVE U!
Great video! There are so many great wines across the world but Paso GSM blends/Rhones/Zins are my favorite and your video quickly covered the character of Paso Robles
Great video, love seeing Paso get some recognition! Next time you are in the area you should come visit Sculpterra Winery on the East Side, we are all big fans of Wine Folly and the videos and guides you produce. Keep up the great work!
Nailed it w/Austin Hope baby! The BEST reds in Paso for sure
About time! Madeline I think is great that you are focusing on the backyards of North America. I like to travel to discover new wineries here in the US and I think is important to go off the beaten path and discover great wines in smaller boutique wineries not just the big names.
Another great video!
Incredible is an understatement, Bravo🙏🍾💯
Great video, it reminded me of some of the first Paso Wine Man videos that were so well done and informative. Congratulations and, PRWCA hire her, she rocks!
Paso Robles was very underrated, not well known just a few years ago. I got many people hooked to on the east cost, for $12 or less a bottle. Great wine!
Soo looking forward going there in June! Useful video - thank you!
Hope you enjoy it! Keep your eyes peeled for a printed map and guide we collaborated on with Paso!
Thank you for the great video!
I love Austin Hope!
Great info on Paso my friend. I enjoyed this video. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love Madeline !! So expert and fun to watch.
Love love love Paso Robles! We will be back!
People are not very nice in this comment section. Thank you for the informative video, it was great! 😊
excellent knowledge
Thank you for this great video! I would LOOOOOOVE more of this series on California and Oregon wine areas - especially pinot noir please! Comparing Wilamette valley pinot noirs with Russian River Valley etc and the soils and grape varieties and what not. Thanks so much for this wonderful channel!
If there is any "silver lining" to the tragedy of the wildfires in Napa over the last few years, it is that finally regions like Paso Robles are finally getting their chance at the spotlight for West Coast wines. Napa has had it's boot on the neck of the West Coast wine world for decades, and finally, with Napa wines becoming more and more difficult to find (and more expensive when you can find them), regions like Paso Robles, Sonoma, Lodi, and Monterrey are getting their moment in the sun...
Paso Robles far from LA and far from San Francisco. There are no major airports making it easy to get in and out of like other California hotspots. Because of this it remains a friendly town where everything revolves around the craft of making wine and sharing it with people who come to visit. Because of this it’s my favorite California wine region.
It is 3 hours from LA or San Francisco. Not that far. San Jose it 2.5 hours away. San Luis Obispo has an a regional airport.
Thanks for the video!
Do Lodi. Also Sierra Foothills AVA please.
Yer killin' me here! God, those inky-black yumminesses!
Madeline if you EVER do another episode covering the wines of Australia you should maybe consider doing a group tour (I know at LEAST 10 people who'd sign up in a hearbeat!
I tend to like the blends a little more! Big fan of granache, mouvedre, syrah (shiraz).
Yeah, I see you Tablas Creek!
Epoch and Benom are two of my favorite Paso wineries along with Law Estates. The Paso GSMs are so much more approachable than the CdP from the Rhône region.
Kudos on you production quality and presentation.
Epoch is a pretty good one , decently priced here too.
What wine glasses are you using? They look great
Is the white wine you tasted, Viognier blend, oaked? Noticed the color and your "oily" description. Just wondering. Thanks for another great video.
Greetings from the greater paso area .
very nice
Just went in March and absolutely loved it. Such a different feeling than Napa. Please do the ava in my backyard- the sierra foothills!
Thanks for another outstanding video, Madeline! I didn't know I had been mispronouncing "Paso Robles" all these years.
As someone who lives in the area and works in the wine industry, you probably haven’t been mispronouncing it. Either one is valid, and nobody would correct you.
@@paulzuniga4256 Curious- why would the pronunciation not be that of a word in Spanish? Thanks
@@1notoriousnomad my assumption is that it’s because we have a large non-Spanish speaking population here, and many of them say it that way.
@@1notoriousnomad The founding name is El Paso de Robles. I think the English speakers change the name.
While this region was originally attached to a Spanish mission in the late 1700s, the name Paso Robles has been somewhat altered by english speakers. So, I've given that pronunciation as an example of how I've heard it pronounced. That being said, knowing the people there, they'll just be happy you came and you cared. That's what matters :)
Brecon's Tannat is one of the best around, their Cab Franc made me cry it was so tasty, also they also do incredible blends with Viognier. But the next time you are there, you should also check out Lone Madrone on Adelaida as well as Halter Ranch and their Vin De Paille dessert wine. In addition there's a small producer doing some really interesting stuff called Two and Company. They are still getting off the ground, but their blends are amazing!
@Mr. chicano Daou is not a boutique winery; they’re pumping out hundreds of thousands of cases a year. But the rest, yep!
And if you are looking for something to do this weekend the Paso Wine Fest is going on right now 5/19-5/22. Great opportunity to try 100 Paso wines all in one place at the Grand Tasting on Sat 5/21.
That Austin Hope is 🥰🥰
Tooth & Nail…and Eberle winery are awesome
Thanks for sharing your favorites :)
How about doing one on Temecula.
All wine a look Awesome but what about prices ??? And thank you 😊
I thought I was the biggest wine geek, mais non! 😂🍷 Emeril of wine- Boom!
Any chance you’ll do a tasting from willamette valley? 😅
Definitely will love to, great idea!
What wine glass is she using I see it has some lines and words but I couldn't read them?
The Austin Hope GSM is the bomb
nice cut on the word “cool” !
haha. I said warm and I meant cool. Ooof. lol.
2:00 Yup, and the effect of temperature drop due to elevation is called the dry adiabatic lapse rate.
I’ve heard it as “average lapse” - i will look into your terminology!
Please come to Texas there are some great wineries here. I would love to see you do a video about it.
Just visited Paso (Dec) & froze my booty off at night! (33🥶), but I suffered for the grapes.
Member of Austin Hope & Denner- prefer it over Napa now (less pretense & $)🍷
I’m also a Denner & Austin Hope member- so much goodness in their wine & customer service!
Have you ever tried Saxum's Rhone blends? I have been on their waiting list for four years. I am hoping it will be worth the wait.
Yes I have. They're big-yet-balanced and bombastic.
You gotta try Epoch before they get to the same price range as Saxum.
Hope you get on the list at Saxum. I've been on their allocation list since 2013 and it's by far my favorite in Paso. Unreal wines for sure and big full body monsters.
Some to consider are their Paderewski Vineyard, James Berry Vineyard & Broken Stones. Salud!
The Paderewski Vineyard is owned by Epoch estate and they are still at 1/3 of the price comparie to Saxum.
Californian Rhone rangers are all incredible but price has been skyrocketing. (Especially SQN and Saxum).
Not from Paso but Tensley also makes great Rhone style for really good price it's definitely worth a try!
When you get a chance, check out L'Aventure, Booker and Linne Calodo. Three of the premier producers in Paso Robles. Extraordinarily well made wines...
Yep we did!
Paso wines are the best. My favorite region. I prefer the lower acidity level, higher fruit, heavier body, higher alcohol.
Great Video! As a native french speaker, this is the first time I hear Viognier pronounced this way! Is that US specific pronunciation?
A lot of people out here pronounce it “vee-oh-nyay,” some people emphasize the “oh” but most emphasize the “nyay”
Spell it out phonetically how you do it:
Yes, we mostly hear “vee-ohn-YAY”, or even just “Vio” for short.
@@Winefolly Here's my attempt through english: "Vee-oh-nyay" but without the trailing "ay" sound. The 'é' (or 'er' in this case) sound is difficult to convey as it doesn't seem to be used in English!
It’s just as viable to pronounce it “Roh-Blays” as it is “Roh-Buhls.” Nobody in the area is going to correct you if you say it either way.
Edit: also, to give you credit Madeline, as someone who loves seeing boutique wineries get their due credit, I was really happy to see Brecon featured in your video. The owners and their production crew have made some outstanding wines over the years, especially their Petite Sirah and Cab Franc.
Agree with you on Brecon. Been there a couple of times and enjoy their vino. Prior to Brecon the place was Norman Vineyards which was my favorite winery in Paso.
Ditto... it is a Spanish word...
Thanks for pointing this out. The fact that Americans feel like they can just change how one says a word that is not English is exactly why the rest of the world doesn't like us. I am a white American, but I grew up in Hawai'i (pronounced Ha-vai-ee) where I quickly learned how something as simple as not pronouncing non-English words correctly can lead to jokes, which leads to a feeling of superiority/arrogance. This is not a trivial thing. The word is Spanish and should be pronounced as such.
@@medleg1 how is Los Angeles pronounced? Not like in Spanish. If you pronounced it like Spanish, people would be confused.
@@jgourdo that’s a bit beyond what I meant. I live and work in the Paso area, so my point is just that locals (whether Spanish or English speaking) don’t care how “Robles” is pronounced. I have no doubt that Madeline was told by a couple of residents “here’s how it’s pronounced” because that’s a running local joke-if you live here long enough (or were born here), eventually you Anglicize the word. It’s also a running joke among transplants to ask each other how to pronounce it.
Comparing Hawaiian to Spanish isn’t really fair either, as Hawaiian is the native language of the islands, while Spanish is not the native language of this area. If we were talking about Chumash then sure, but not Spanish.
Over a hundred degrees during the day and low 50s at night. Planted on million year old crushed sea shell.
“Near the southern part of where you can plant grapes”…. Out of curiosity have you had wine from Pernambuco Brazil? It’s around 7 degrees south of the equator and the wine there is high in quality from the best vineyards. Just saying, there’s high altitude spots there that catch the ocean breeze and get a similar climate to Tuscany
I’ve had a few wines from Brazil, very intriguing
@@Winefolly Most of the Brazilian wine comes from the state of Rio Grande do Sul where they have nearly 47,000 hectares planted. They’re in the top part of the southern wine belt but honestly their wine is usually not great, it’s more quantity than quality there in most cases. Pernambuco has the second highest vineyard planting in Brazil at about 8,300 hectares planted but it only has two regions you can truly grow quality wine. Gravatá is in the area they call the Swiss alps of Brazil and near the coastline in the mountains. There’s also the bigger wine region in Pernambuco west in the Sertão area of the State. If you find good vineyards in either of those areas you’ll be shocked by how good their wine is. Especially since they’re fairly low latitude equatorial regions. Bahia also has some of the same Sertão wine region that Pernambuco has as well with about 2,000 hectares of vineyards planted there. It sounds weird, but those low latitude equatorial wine regions in Brazil are where the highest quality wine in Brazil is found that rivals any good wine region on Earth, they even have excellent diurnal shifts 👍🏼
I drive Lyft in this area and am ALWAYS asked about the pronunciation. There is a Spanish way and an English way. I tell my customers Either is fine. Only snobs insist on one way or another. Thanks for the video, I will recommend it to people new to wine tasting.
Enjoy you
Most delicious Zin Ive ever had was from Paso Robles....
I'm sure Uncle Roger would love this Rhone blend very much because it's MSG!
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!
@@paulzuniga4256 Wrong meme lah haiyaaaa
@@jimzhang4849 my bad!
Great content, but the appropriate way to say it is actually Paso (Roh-bless). It’s español for passing oak trees.
yes, that's exactly how one would say it in Spanish.
@@Winefolly and how it’s correctly pronounced (Spanish or English), full name Paso De Los Robles.
@@avalosangeles Us locals pronounce it both ways :D
@@Tischa2 hi Tischa!
@@paulzuniga4256 hi friend!!
So key takeaways, "ripe, rich, bold, chocolately, oily, hot."
She knows her shit
How do we know that the purple isn’t mega purple?
I thought this too for a while, but if that's true then nearly everyone there is using it, which doesn't compute. I'm trying to get to the bottom of it!
@@Winefolly I don’t think wineries such as Tabla’s Creek is using it but Daou, who has gone commercial maybe. I don’t mind a winery that tries to get the same style vintage after vintage, reason why a lot of old world wines are made up of blend, just try to achieve the goal without mega purple.
@@numanuma20 Brecon and Villa Creek definitely aren’t using mega purple.
@@paulzuniga4256 great!
@@Winefolly the large diurnal shifts which you mentioned in the video, combined with some of the higher elevations on the West Side in particular, make for heartier grape skins with higher phenolic concentration.
You forgot Desparada and Herman Story?
Don’t reveal the secrets!!!
You fail to give % alcohol numbers. Is that because the labeled numbers are inaccurate?
The QR codes in the videos contain the full wine details. Just take a look there for full information.
casually watching and then saw a picture of my hands holding limestone 😆
Thank you for your love of dirt. We can relate.
@@Winefolly you should check out Brian’s wine the next time you’re out here-Caelesta Wines. He and his family also have the only truffiere on the Central Coast (I think)
Good video. Don’t take is in a bad way but if you are going to talk about the region and it’s history, you should also learn how to pronounce it correctly. Paso Robles is a Spanish word (just the all the regions around it (San Miguel, Asunción, etc). Just a quick feed back.
Great wines from that region. Thank you
Well, considering that our team researched this area extensively and asked winemakers in the region how they pronounced their area.This pronunciation is a dialect found in the area. If you look further into the comments here, you'll see that many Spanish speaking locals also pronounce it "roh-bless." So, it sounds like someone can pronounce it either way, and not be incorrect according to the local dialects.
@@Winefolly I didn’t think you’d get so many people commenting on that one small part of the video
Just an FYI, Epoch is pronounced “ee-pák”
They pronounce the winery “epic” there
@@Winefolly That’s strange they chose the wrong spelling then. Not your fault 😉
It's more like vee oh nyay - rather than vin yay.
You should have spent more time tasting Zinfandel instead of Petite Sirah
thanks for the feedback
It's Robles not "raw-bulls".
My dog died because I watched this video.
sorry for your loss
It’s Paso RoBLES not Paso Robols
Actually, you can say both. I was corrected while I was there.
I think she's a bit of a wino.....
I’m not a fan of Paso Robles wine. Not many wines from there taste expensive. Just good.
Try some of the smaller producers. Amazing
It is pronounced Ro bless. It’s Spanish. The locals may not like it but it’s true. Just saying.
I'm simply passing the local, cultural pronunciation along to you!
I am spanish and a local and it is absolutely acceptable to pronounce it either way here :D
@@Tischa2 oooookay! sounds like we have us a verified source here. I'll stick to that :)
@@Winefolly I hope all these people insist on pronouncing "Los Angeles" authentically as well.
@@paulosborne5607 you beat me to it lol
It's adrenochrome
Sorry to be a Debby downer but I live here and don't think it's that great.
maybe move then?
Agreed. Get out while you can leaving room for the rest of us who think our wine is incredible!
Haha!
its Rrrrobles, not Rowbulls... its a spanish name... get it right!
“Pasow Robbls”!!! Noice pronaunciashion! Find the proper pronunciation, it is Spanish and it means the Oak Passing (or Oak Step).
Those of us who live here know that it's Spanish and the meaning. But no one pronounces it with a Spanish sound. She said it like the locals do.
Paso Robles is a spanish name; you are mispronouncing it. Wine is about culture, you should respect that.
Paso Robles is the name of an American city and this is how the locals pronounce it. I am respecting the culture by telling you how the locals call it.
If we want to get technical it is "EL Paso De Robles", The Pass of the Oaks. And that should be said with a Spanish pronunciation. Paso Robles is an Americanized shorthand of the formal name and should be said as stated in the video.
Stop speaking as though you are a first grade teacher.
Wow, that's actually one of the nicest compliments. To be seen as comprehendible and welcoming into the world of wine as a 1st grade teacher is into education would be a great honor. Thank you kind sir!
@@Winefolly promoting over ripe, over alcohol, fruit bombs is destroying CA wine, and speaking to people as though they are children in annoying, Robert Parker did enough damage. Tables Creek makes some great whites, but their reds suck, I have pretty much given up on CA reds, too bad.
Fruit bombs suck, and so does this channel.