Paicines
Sub-AVA · San Benito County · District 7
27 CFR 9.39 · established 1982-08-16
Heat class III · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
11 GridMET cells cover this region
season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31
18 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 Paicines
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What's in the ground
7.3
pH, 1:1 water
24.6cm
, whole profile
159cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 64 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 30.3%
- 14.5%
- 9.6%
- 7.1%
- 6.4%
64 map units · soil described over 84.6% of the region’s area · 17.0% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 56% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Clay loam
35% sand · 33% silt · 32% clay
Sandier than 16% of California appellations and clayier than 94%. Each grey point is one appellation’s topsoil; appellations nest, so this is a distribution of places rather than of land.
Plus 4% 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 (468 words)
(c) Boundaries. The Paicines viticultural area is located in San Benito County, California. The beginning point is the northwestern-most point of the proposed area at Township 14 South, Range 6 East, Section 3, northwest corner, located on U.S.G.S. map “Tres Pinos Quadrangle.” (1) From the beginning point the boundary runs east along the north border of Sections 3, 2, and 1, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; (2) Thence south along the east border of Section 1, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence east along the north border of Section 7, Township 14 South, Range 7 East; thence south along the east border of Section 7, Township 14 South, Range 7 East; (3) Thence continuing south along the east border of Section 18, Township 14 South, Range 7 East; thence east along the north border of Section 20, Township 14 South, Range 7 East; thence south along the east border of Sections 20, 29 and 32, Township 14 South, Range 7 East; (4) Thence continuing south along the east border of Section 5, Township 15 South, Range 7 East; thence south along the east border of Sections 8 and 17, Township 15 South, Range 7 East to latitude line 36°37′30″; (5) Thence west along latitude line 36°37′30″ to the west border of Section 18, Township 15 South, Range 7 East; (6) Thence north along the west border of Sections 18 and 7, Township 15 South, Range 7 East; thence west along the south border of Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 6 East; thence north along the west border of Section 1, Township 15 South, Range 6 East to the 800-foot elevation contour line and then in a generally northwest direction along this 800-foot contour line to where it intersects with the south border of Section 35, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; (7) Thence west along the south border of Section 35, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence north along the east border of Section 34, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence in a northwest direction along the northeast border of Section 34, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; thence continuing in a northwest direction along the east border of Section 27, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; (8) Thence continuing in a northwest direction to the northeast border of Section 22, Township 14 South, Range 6 East to where an unnamed, unimproved dirt road intersects the northeast border; thence east and then northwest along the unimproved dirt road to the intersection with the San Benito River; thence following the San Benito River and meandering north to the intersection with the east border of Section 4, Township 14 South, Range 6 East; (9) Thence continuing north along the east border of Section 4, Township 14 South, Range 6 East to the point of beginning.