Yountville AVA
| Yountville AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1999 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Napa Valley AVA , North Coast AVA |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 3,240 hectares (8,000 acre) |
| Planted acreage: | 1,620 hectares (4,000 acres) |
| Grape varieties: | Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Chardonnay , Gewürztraminer , Malbec , Merlot , Petit Verdot , Petite Sirah , Pinot Blanc , Pinot Noir , Sangiovese , Sauvignon Blanc , Syrah , Zinfandel |
Yountville AVA (recognized since March 19, 1999) is a wine-growing region in the US state of California and is part of the national Napa Valley AVA . The vineyards are around the city of Yountville , which gave the region its name. The city's founder, George Calvert Yount, planted the region's first vineyard in 1836. The Yountville AVA is one of the cooler wine-growing regions of the Napa Valley and allows the grape varieties to mature for a long time. Yountville is particularly known for its tannin-rich Cabernet Sauvignon . This wine has good aging potential in the bottle.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.160 Yountville." ( 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 page view 23 December 2007.
- ↑ a b c Appellation America (2007). "Yountville (AVA): Appellation Description" ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2007 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 page view 23 December 2007.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .