Sloughhouse AVA
| Sloughhouse AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 2006 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | California , Lodi AVA |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 31,889 hectares (78,800 acres) |
| Planted acreage: | 2,833 hectares (7,000 acres) |
| Grape varieties: | Cabernet Sauvignon , Cabernet Franc , Merlot , Zinfandel |
Sloughhouse AVA (recognized July 17, 2006) is a wine-growing region in the US state of California . The area extends over the administrative area of Sacramento County . The protected designation of origin is a sub-zone in the northeastern part of the superior Lodi AVA . The Sloughhouse sub-zone has the warmest climate in the Lodi region , although the Sloughhouse AVA is 180 meters above sea level. NN (590 ft) higher than the other sub-zones. Due to the relative altitude, the area is only partially reached by the cooling mists of the Pacific . Sloughhouse is therefore seen as a zone with a transitional climate between the very warm Central Valley and the nearby Sierra Foothills AVA .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.201 Sloughhouse." ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2012 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 access to this page on January 29, 2008.
- ↑ a b c d Appellation America (2007). "Sloughhouse (AVA): Appellation Description" ( Memento of the original from January 31, 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. . Last access to this page on January 29, 2008.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .