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Silver Horse Vineyards
4 reviews for Silver Horse Vineyards
okay.....so this was back in January...I am so behind.
We stumbled upon a map with tons of wineries during our sporadic road trip. I recognised J.Lohr. I like J.Lohr and trying their reserves sounds delightful. So as we were driving, we kept seeing signs for Silver Horse...so we decided we would go there first and back track. It was amazing! We had great service and a very education stop for our first winery in Paso Robles. She gave so many great suggestions for wineries in the area that we didn't even make it to J.Lohr. It started our journey all over the place. It was super fun. This location is beautiful. Beautiful in the sense of...I wanna get married here! I adored the reds. They were so rich, full bodies, tasty, spicy...we left with Sage: Bordeaux 40% Malbec, 20% Petit Verdot, 20% Cab. Yum Yum!!
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We hit Silver Horse first, after reading about it in a magazine or two. It looked pretty enough, and more importantly, was close to the rental house. Plus there was a picture in one of the magazines, of these 4 adorable Labrador dogs, whom we had to know more about.
We drove slowly up the hill to the tasting room, to take in the view. It really looks like a painting out there! The grounds were pretty, lush green, rolling hills of vineyards. There were 2 other groups there (each had four people) when we arrived, and the room is small, so they had occupied all of the inside seating. We started the tasting and wandered off between glasses. Jessica, our pourer, was nice enough, but didn't engage us at all. Everyone loved the Cabernet Sauvignon, but no one felt it was worth $40 a bottle.
So, two of my three stars are for the dogs, who were adorable! (They live there and just roam around the grounds, and were very sweet with everyone.) I especially loved Penny!
I can't speak fairly about the wine because this was the 4th place I'd hit that day and was getting ruined despite my efforts to the contrary.
The grounds and the tasting room are very cool. They have a strong Inland California character that might be a bit off-putting to some, but, being an Inlander of a more southern extraction myself, I felt pretty at home here. It's not your classic vineyardy, Better Homes & Gardens type of place. It's fun, and the varieties were good. The tasting girl was friendly and really like the words "darn" and "dang," in various forms.
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This is one of the few wineries that has it hitting on all cylinders. The wines are typical BIG Paso wines. Great structure and fairly well balanced. Some are hotter than others but good wine to drink with your friends and family. The 2006 vintages are still developing but have great potential.
Stephen (the wine maker) is frequently in the tasting room pouring, talking, and kicking down the wine knowledge.
If you can pry a bottle of the Sage from them you would not be disappointed.
Overall I would recommend this as a place to measure your other experiences in the area.
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