San Pasqual Valley
AVA · San Diego County · District 16
27 CFR 9.25 · established 1981-09-23
Heat class V · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
11 GridMET cells cover this region
season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31
20 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 Diego County — not San Pasqual Valley
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What's in the ground
6.5
pH, 1:1 water
16.3cm
, whole profile
159cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 48 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- Visalia30.3%
- 19.7%
- 15.1%
- 12.3%
- 10.5%
48 map units · soil described over 94.3% of the region’s area · 9.7% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 29% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Sandy loam
67% sand · 22% silt · 11% clay
Sandier than 97% of California appellations and clayier than 1%. Each grey point is one appellation’s topsoil; appellations nest, so this is a distribution of places rather than of land.
Plus 9% 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 Diego County · District 16
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Price per ton
San Diego County · District 16
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The appellation in federal law
The boundary, in the government’s own words (189 words)
(c) Boundaries. The San Pasqual Valley viticultural area is located in San Diego County, California. (1) From the beginning point at the intersection of Interstate 15 and the 500-foot contour line, north of the intersection of point of Interstate 15 and T.12 S./T.13 S., the boundary line follows the 500-foot contour line to; (2) The point nearest San Pasqual Road and the 500-foot contour line, the boundary line follows the Escondido Corporate Boundary line to the 500-foot contour line on the hillock and circumnavigates said hillock back to the Escondido Corporate Boundary line and returns to the 500-foot contour line nearest to San Pasqual Road and; (3) Continues along the 500-foot contour line completely around San Pasqual Valley to a point where the 500-foot contour line intersects with Pomerado Road, at this point, the boundary line, in a straight, northwesterly direction crosses over to; (4) The 500-foot contour line of Battle Mountain, following the 500-foot contour line around Battle Mountain to point nearest to Interstate 15, at which point the boundary line crosses over to Interstate 15; and (5) Continues northward along Interstate 15 to the point of beginning.