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Wine Tasting
HWY 101
San Marcos Rd.
24th St.
Nacimiento Lake Dr.
N
I
Mahoney
Drake
7340 Drake Road, Paso Robles
(805) 467-2138
• Multi-Year Zinfandel & Barbera Tasting
• Private Label Artisan Condiments
• Wine Country Art, Books & Carved Gourds
• Oliveto Olive Oil Pouring and Sales
• Gems, Minerals, Fossils and Jewelry
Winery Tasting & Vineyard Tours
most Sundays from 11am-5pm
and by appointment.
Join our Wine Club for a 20% Discount!
Celebrating 30 years of ethical dry farming.
Established Mom & Pop Winery!
Award-winning wines
Winemaker and vintner Keith
Roberts has been with Mystic Hills
since the beginning, working the
vineyard and creating hand-crafted,
estate-grown Bordeaux-style wines
with Joel. Their teamwork has led to
the winery being named the Mon-
terey County Winery of the Year
and the San Luis Obispo County
Winery of the Year.
“Joel puts the same integrity and
hard work into everything that he
does,” Judy said. “When he sets out
to do something, he does it right.
And Keith is such a wonderful,
knowledgeable guy. He has so much
experience, and he has the same
ideas as we do, so it’s just an ideal
partnership.”
The climate at the winery,
which is part of the Pleasant Valley
Wine Trail, typically consists of
crisp mornings, hot days, and cool
afternoon winds. These tempera-
ture swings and the way the team
works the land contribute to the
growth of superior fruit for Mystic
Hills wines.
“We are organic and don't fertil-
ize, and this ensures pure, beautiful
wine,” Judy said.
Making beautiful wines with
consistent balance and charac-
ter takes time. As soon as the
grapes are harvested by hand and
separated, each varietal is placed
in separate neutral oak barrels
and aged for 18 months. After 18
months, the wine is blended and
then returned to barrels for another
year, after which they are bottled
and left to age another 18 months.
Mystic Hills has consistently
earned awards from such presti-
gious events as the San Francisco
Chronicle Wine Competition,
the New York International Wine
Competition, the Critics Challenge
International Wine Competition,
the Los Angeles International Wine
Competition, and more.
Their Gran Trio blend includes
cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc,
and merlot. The name for their
h.e.a.r.t.s. rosé was coined using the
first initials of their grandchildren’s
names. Joel and Judy call it a “rosé
for red wine drinkers” with rich,
fruity flavors. Offerings of other
varieties, such as their “Joyride”
merlot, are produced in limited
quantities, and most feature labels
that are created by their son, David.