Chile's Valley AVA
| Chile's Valley AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1999 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Napa Valley AVA |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 6000 acres |
| Planted acreage: | 1000 acres |
| Single-variety wines: | Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Chardonnay , Merlot , Sauvignon Blanc , Sémillon , Zinfandel |
Chiles Valley AVA (recognized since 1999) is a wine-growing region in the US state of California and is part of the national Napa Valley AVA . Chiles Valley is embedded in the Vaca Mountains in the northeast of the Napa Valley. Due to the sheltered location in the east, the area is hardly reached by the cooling winds of the Pacific with the otherwise frequent fog. Therefore the climate of the Chile Valley can already be described as continental and the day and night temperatures are higher there than in all other appellations of the Napa Valley.
Chiles Valley was named after Joseph Ballinger Chiles, who received land rights from the Mexican government in the mid-19th century .
Viticulture
The most common grape varieties in the Chiles Valley are Zinfandel , Cabernet Sauvignon , Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.154 Chiles Valley." ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 - American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C - Approved American Viticultural Areas. Last view of this page on December 17, 2007.
- ↑ a b c Appellation America (2007). "Chiles Valley (AVA): Appellation Description" ( Memento of the original dated November 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Last view of this page on December 17, 2007.
