
Our final vineyard of Day One of our Paso Robles trip was the delightful ONX Vineyards. Down a windy dirt road nestled behind a suburban housing development that would give Weeds a run for its money is ONX. There we encountered our tour guide Mike who led us through the hour-long Tour Experience which began in the Tract Shed, an outdoor tasting room where you can wander out back for tranquil views of the Santa Rita Creek.

ONX is a boutique vineyard, 120 acres making only 3,500
cases per year, a number that allows for a dedication to detail. With our Tour Experience, we stopped at ONX’s
Oasis areas to drink each of our tasting wines; sipping our wines surrounded by
the varietals we were drinking. Picnic
areas decorated with vintage accents and arbors covered in vines were serene
hideaways offer respite from the busy world beyond the vineyard.
With fun names like Field Day, Indie, Brash, and Mad Crush
ONX doesn’t take itself to serious. One
of the most notable was their Brash (of which they make 274 cases). Their tasting notes for this Zinfandel were
so poetic I couldn’t not rewrite them, “Brash parades a multitude of down home
aromas. Plummy compote and a heaping portion of berries intermingle
with cinnamon.” Brash is a “Hot Wine,”
which rounds the corner running straight into a peppery spices.

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