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California Wine Atlas

California

State

Heat class IV · 1991-2020 normals

Climate normals in three numbers

3,562°F-days

, Apr 1 – Oct 31

24565 GridMET cells cover this region

IV

129mm

season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31

40 mm of it in the , Sep 1 – Oct 31

Warm and cool vintages since 1980

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Rain across the season, and at harvest

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The boundary

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Measured vineyard area

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What's in the ground

6.9

pH, 1:1 water

11.8cm

, whole profile

121cm

to

Well drained

, dominant condition

Distribution across 19610 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar

6.9
2.2%
17.1%
available water
11.8cm
depth to restriction
121cm

Dominant

  • 5.7%
  • 3.7%
  • 2.3%
  • 2.1%
  • 1.0%

19610 map units · soil described over 94.6% of the region’s area · 10.0% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 60% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.

Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation

CLAYSANDSILT

Sandy loam

55% sand · 28% silt · 17% clay

Sandier than 83% of California appellations and clayier than 15%. Each grey point is one appellation’s topsoil; appellations nest, so this is a distribution of places rather than of land.

Plus 21% rock fragments by volume, which the triangle does not describe — the three fractions are of the fine-earth material only.

Elevation, slope and aspect

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Producers

Bearing acreage by variety

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Price per ton

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