Paso Robles

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Écluse Wines

Blind Dog Midnight Run Cuvée

Syrah

Rosé

Petite Sirah

Chardonnay

Improv

El Tempo

Intonation

Ensemble

Finis

Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Rendition

Zinfandel

Grenache

Prelude

Écluse is the French word for the locks on the canals that gently carve their way through the remarkable French wine countryside and since our last name is Lock, the name Écluse for our wines was born! As home to a San Francisco Chronicle’s Sweepstakes winning Best Red Wine, we at Écluse are dedicated to producing limited production, handcrafted, award-winning wines from our very own Lock Vineyard. Our family-owned boutique winery is a true reflection of this special place we call home. Nestled in the gently rolling hillside terroir on the desired Westside of the Paso Robles AVA, we feature Bordeaux and Rhone style wines, as well as our fabulous Zinfandel. Located only five minutes west of downtown Paso Robles, we invite you to discover the expression of our estate-grown wines while you savor the Écluse difference. Join us and experience wine tasting the old fashion way, in the barrel room where you may even find Steve or Anthony with the wine thief offering barrel samples! 

Cabernet Franc

Counoise

Grenache Blanc

Marsanne

Mourvèdre

Petit Verdot

Viognier

Red Blend

Écluse had leftovers so we decided to have some fun – hence our second label was born! Blind Dog is an eclectic blend of our great Paso Robles reds. It is delicious, approachable and affordable, making it a doggone great wine!

A portion of the proceeds are donated to Dogs for Better Lives in Oregon as a tribute to Toby, our very own blind dog!

Counoise Blend

White

Malbec Blend

Fortified

When barrel sampling this wine in the Tasting Room, we discovered that this truly was a special wine enjoyed not only by Port connoisseurs but also those who were skeptical of dessert wines. Made from our very own Lock Vineyard Late Harvest Zinfandel, the Solera method of fractional blending produced a velvety smooth, non-vintage dessert wine full of fresh jammy fruit and barrel aged richness with outstanding complexity and depth. As translation implies, our Finis is the perfect “finish” to a fabulous meal!

Our Reserve program began with our 2005 vintage where we found four barrels of Lock Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon that were so extraordinary, they merited the Reserve designation. Each vintage of our Cab Reserve is estate grown and sees more new French oak than our other wines. It is barrel aged for 30 months, a year longer than our standard barrel program, and continues to age in bottle for at least a year before release, creating an elegantly complex wine that is truly velvet in a bottle! Our Reserve is quite limited as we only create this wine when we find barrels of Cab during our blending trials that are so exceptional that we feel we have another Reserve in the making!

Viognier Blend

Our white Rhone style blend continues to challenge the senses because of its complexity.

Paso Robles

Écluse Wines

California

2019

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