Squaw Valley-Miramonte
AVA · Fresno County · District 13
27 CFR 9.251 · established 2015-08-07
Heat class V · 1991-2020 normals
Climate normals in three numbers
, Apr 1 – Oct 31
21 GridMET cells cover this region
season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31
40 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
Measured vineyard area
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Drought categories, year by year
Fresno County — not Squaw Valley-Miramonte
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What's in the ground
6.5
pH, 1:1 water
14.2cm
, whole profile
101cm
to
Well drained
, dominant condition
Distribution across 143 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar
Dominant
- 28.4%
- 17.1%
- 12.1%
- 8.5%
- 8.3%
143 map units · soil described over 97.4% of the region’s area · 9.5% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 95% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.
Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation
Sandy loam
63% sand · 23% silt · 14% clay
Sandier than 93% of California appellations and clayier than 6%. 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
Fresno County · District 13
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Price per ton
Fresno County · District 13
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The appellation in federal law
The boundary, in the government’s own words (408 words)
(c) Boundary. The Squaw Valley-Miramonte viticultural area is located in Fresno County, California. The boundary of the Squaw Valley-Miramonte viticultural area is as described below: (1) The beginning point is located on the Orange Cove North map, at the southwest corner of section 21, T14S/R25E. From the beginning point, proceed north-northwesterly in a straight line to the marked 3,355-foot elevation point on Bear Mountain, section 5, T14S/R25E; then (2) Proceed northeast in a straight line, crossing onto the Pine Flat Dam map and over the marked 3,354-foot elevation point on Bear Mountain, section 32, T13S/R25E, and then continuing northeasterly in a straight line and crossing onto the Luckett Mountain map, proceed to the marked 3,489-foot summit of Dalton Mountain, section 22, T13S/R25E; then (3) Proceed easterly in a straight line to the Sequoia National Forest boundary line at the northwest corner of section 28, T13S/R26E; then (4) Proceed east along the Sequoia National Forest boundary line, crossing onto the Verplank Ridge map, and continue south, then east, then south along the national forest boundary line, crossing onto the Miramonte map, and then continue south, then east along the national forest boundary line to the northeast corner of section 5, T14S/R27E; then (5) Proceed south along the eastern boundary lines of sections 5, 8, and 17, T14S/R27E, to the southeast corner of section 17; then (6) Proceed east along the northern boundary line of section 21, T14S/R27E, to the northeast corner of that section; then (7) Proceed south along the eastern boundary lines of sections 21, 28, and 33, T14S/R27E, to the Fresno-Tulare County boundary line at the southeast corner of section 33; then (8) Proceed west along the Fresno-Tulare County boundary line, crossing onto the Tucker Mountain map, to the southwest corner of section 34, T14S/R26E; then (9) Proceed north along the western boundary lines of sections 34, 27, 22, and 15, T14S/R26E, to the northwest corner of section 15; then (10) Proceed west along the southern boundary lines of sections 9, 8, and 7, T14S/R26E, and sections 12 and 11, T14S/R25E, to the southwest corner of section 11; then (11) Proceed south along the eastern boundary lines of sections 15 and 22, T14S/R25E, to the southeast corner of section 22; then (12) Proceed west along the southern boundary line of section 22, T14S/R25E, and, crossing onto the Orange Cove North map, continue west along the southern boundary line of section 21, T14S/R25E, returning to the beginning point.