Palos Verdes Peninsula
AVA · Los Angeles County · District 15
27 CFR 9.274 · established 2021-06-17
Heat class IV · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
10 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
Los Angeles County — not Palos Verdes Peninsula
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What's in the ground
7.8
pH, 1:1 water
24.0cm
, whole profile
169cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 27 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 64.2%
- 12.1%
- 4.2%
- 4.0%
- 3.8%
27 map units · soil described over 97.5% of the region’s area · 40.0% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 38% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Loam
40% sand · 36% silt · 23% clay
Sandier than 44% of California appellations and clayier than 59%. 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
Los Angeles County · District 15
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Price per ton
Los Angeles County · District 15
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The appellation in federal law
The boundary, in the government’s own words (191 words)
(c) Boundary. The Palos Verdes Peninsula viticultural area is located in the southwestern coastal region of Los Angeles County, and contains the cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, and Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The boundary of the Palos Verdes Peninsula viticultural area is as described below: (1) The beginning point is on the Redondo Beach map at the intersection of the Pacific Ocean and the Torrance corporate boundary at Malaga Cove, R14W/T4S; then (2) From the beginning point, proceed east, then generally southeast, along the Torrance corporate boundary, crossing onto the Torrance map, to the corporate boundary's intersection with the Lomita corporate boundary, R14W/T4S; then (3) Proceed generally southeast along the Lomita corporate boundary to its intersection with Western Avenue, R14W/T4S; then (4) Proceed south along Western Avenue, crossing onto the San Pedro map, to the road's intersection with the Los Angeles city boundary, R14W/T5S; then (5) Proceed west, then generally south, then southwest along the Los Angeles city boundary to its intersection with the Pacific Ocean at Palos Verdes Peninsula Park, R14W/T5S; then (6) Proceed clockwise along the Pacific coastline to return to the beginning point.