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California Wine Atlas

Sutter County

County

Heat class V · 1991-2020 normals

Climate normals in three numbers

4,206°F-days

, Apr 1 – Oct 31

126 GridMET cells cover this region

V

96mm

season rain, Apr 1 – Oct 31

29 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

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What's in the ground

7.1

pH, 1:1 water

18.6cm

, whole profile

138cm

to

Moderately well drained

, dominant condition

Distribution across 145 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar

7.1
1.7%
32.0%
available water
18.6cm
depth to restriction
138cm

Dominant

  • 12.5%
  • 11.5%
  • 9.6%
  • 6.8%
  • 6.1%

145 map units · soil described over 98.7% of the region’s area · 2.2% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 51% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.

Sand, silt and clay, against every other appellation

CLAYSANDSILT

Clay loam

34% sand · 34% 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 3% 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

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Price per ton

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