Cosumnes River
AVA · Sacramento County · District 9, 11, 17
27 CFR 9.198 · established 2006-07-17
Heat class IV · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
24 GridMET cells cover this region
raw 4 km GridMET would say V
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
Sacramento County — not Cosumnes River
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What's in the ground
6.5
pH, 1:1 water
13.4cm
, whole profile
90cm
to
Moderately well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 39 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 57.7%
- 12.8%
- 8.0%
- 5.5%
- 5.4%
39 map units · soil described over 98.3% of the region’s area · 2.1% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 82% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Loam
30% sand · 43% silt · 27% clay
Sandier than 6% of California appellations and clayier than 80%. Each grey point is one appellation’s topsoil; appellations nest, so this is a distribution of places rather than of land.
Plus 3% 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
Sacramento County · District 9, 11, 17
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Price per ton
Sacramento County · District 9, 11, 17
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The appellation in federal law
The boundary, in the government’s own words (312 words)
(c) Boundary. The Cosumnes River viticultural area is located in Sacramento County, California, and is entirely within the Lodi viticultural area (27 CFR 9.107). The Cosumnes River viticultural area boundary is as follows— (1) The beginning point is on the Bruceville map at the intersection of the Mokelumne River and Interstate Highway 5, T5N, R5E. From the beginning point, proceed north 8.5 miles along Interstate 5 to its intersection with an unnamed light duty road, locally known to the west of Franklin as Hood-Franklin Road, section 18, T6N, R5E (Florin Quadrangle); then (2) Proceed east 1.2 miles straight on Hood-Franklin Road to its intersection with Franklin Boulevard in the village of Franklin, section 17, T6N, R5E (Florin Quadrangle); then (3) Proceed north 4.3 miles on Franklin Boulevard to its intersection with Sims Road on the west and Sheldon Road to the east at the northwest corner of section 28, T7N, R5E (Florin Quadrangle); then (4) Proceed east 2.4 miles on Sheldon Road to its intersection with State Route 99 at the northern boundary section 26, T7N, R5E (Florin Quadrangle); then (5) Proceed south-southeast 6 miles on State Route 99, crossing over the Elk Grove map, to the road's intersection with the Southern Pacific railway line at McConnell, section 20, T6N, R6E (Galt Quadrangle); then (6) Proceed south-southeast 8.7 miles along the Southern Pacific railway line to its intersection with Kost Road, section 34, T5N, R6E (Lodi North Quadrangle); then (7) Proceed west and then north 3.8 miles on Kost Road to its intersection with New Hope Road, T5N, R6E (Lodi North Quadrangle); then (8) Proceed west then south 2.8 miles on New Hope Road to its intersection with the Mokelumne River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin County line, T5N, R5E (Thornton Quadrangle); and (9) Proceed northerly then westerly (downstream) for about 2.7 miles along the meandering Mokelumne River, returning to the beginning point.