Cole Ranch
Sub-AVA · Mendocino County · District 1
27 CFR 9.42 · established 1983-04-15 · last amended 2024-11-06
Heat class III · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
1 GridMET cell cover this region
season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31
62 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
Mendocino County — not Cole Ranch
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What's in the ground
6.6
pH, 1:1 water
21.2cm
, whole profile
140cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 10 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 32.7%
- 25.7%
- 23.9%
- 8.1%
- 5.9%
10 map units · soil described over 100.0% of the region’s area · 0.5% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 52% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Loam
39% sand · 37% silt · 24% clay
Sandier than 34% of California appellations and clayier than 68%. Each grey point is one appellation’s topsoil; appellations nest, so this is a distribution of places rather than of land.
Plus 8% 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
Mendocino County · District 1
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Price per ton
Mendocino County · District 1
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The appellation in federal law
The boundary, in the government’s own words (107 words)
(c) Boundaries. The boundaries of the Cole Ranch viticultural area are located in Mendocino County California and are as follows: (1) The point of beginning is the intersection of the 1480-foot-elevation contour line with the Boonville-Ukiah Cutoff Road near the southeast corner of section 13; (2) The Boundary follows the 1480-foot-elevation contour line southerly, then easterly, within section 24, then easterly and northwesterly within section 19 to its first intersection with this section line. The boundary proceeds due west on the north section line of section 19 until it intersects with the Boonville-Ukiah Cutoff Road; (3) The boundary follows this road northwesterly to the point of beginning.