Carmel Valley
AVA · Monterey County · District 7
27 CFR 9.58 · established 1982-12-14 · last amended 2011-02-01
Heat class II · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
13 GridMET cells cover this region
season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31
25 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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Drought categories, year by year
Monterey County — not Carmel Valley
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What's in the ground
6.5
pH, 1:1 water
8.1cm
, whole profile
80cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 33 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 26.0%
- 23.8%
- 14.3%
- 8.2%
- 6.0%
33 map units · soil described over 99.3% of the region’s area · 4.3% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 89% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Sandy loam
66% sand · 20% silt · 14% clay
Sandier than 95% of California appellations and clayier than 7%. 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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Bearing acreage by variety
Monterey County · District 7
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Price per ton
Monterey County · District 7
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The appellation in federal law
The boundary, in the government’s own words (105 words)
(c) Boundary. The Carmel Valley viticultural area is located in Monterey County, California. The boundary is as follows: (1) The beginning point is the northeast corner of Section 5 in Township 17 South, Range 2 East. (2) The boundary follows the Los Laurelles Land Grant boundary south, then easterly, to the north-south section line dividing Section 9 from Section 10 in Township 17 South, Range 2 East. (3) The boundary follows this section line south to the southwest corner of Section 22 in Township 17 South, Range 2 East. (4) From this point, the boundary follows section lines in Township 17 South, Range 2 East: