Lime Kiln Valley
Sub-AVA · San Benito County · District 7
27 CFR 9.27 · established 1982-06-04 · last amended 1987-02-27
Heat class II · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
3 GridMET cells cover this region
season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31
19 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
San Benito County — not Lime Kiln Valley
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What's in the ground
6.3
pH, 1:1 water
11.4cm
, whole profile
103cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 14 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 61.1%
- 26.7%
- 5.1%
- 4.1%
- 2.0%
14 map units · soil described over 96.0% of the region’s area · 6.7% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 68% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Sandy loam
66% sand · 21% silt · 13% clay
Sandier than 96% of California appellations and clayier than 3%. 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
San Benito County · District 7
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Price per ton
San Benito County · District 7
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The appellation in federal law
The boundary, in the government’s own words (173 words)
(c) Boundaries. The Lime Kiln Valley viticultural area is located in San Benito County, California. From the beginning point at the intersection of Thompson Creek and Cienega Road, the boundary proceeds, in a straight line to the summit of an unnamed peak (1,288 feet) in the northwest quarter of Section 28, T.14 S./R.6 E.; (1) Thence in a straight line from the summit of the unnamed peak (1,288 feet) to a point where it intersects the 1,400-foot contour line, by the elevation marker, in the southwest quarter of T.14 S./R.6 E, Section 28; (2) Thence following the 1,400-foot contour line through the following sections; Sections 28, 29, and 30, T.14 S./R.6 E.; Section 25, T.14 S./R.5 E.; Sections 30, 19, 20, and returning to 19, T.14 S./R.6 E., to a point where the 1,400-foot contour line intersects with the section line between Sections 19 and 18, T.14 S./R.6 E.; (3) Thence in a straight line to the Cienega School Building along Cienega Road; (4) Thence along Cienega Road to the point of beginning.