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CA - North Coast Flashcards

1
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What counties are included in the North Coast AVA

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  • Napa
  • Sonoma
  • Mendocino
  • Lake
  • Solano
  • Marin
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What percentage of vineyard acreage is in Napa County? What percentage of value of CA wine does it account for?

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  • 4% acreage

- 20% value

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How many sub AVAs of Napa County? Name them

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16

  • Napa Valley
  • Calistoga
  • Howell Mountain
  • Chiles Valley
  • Diamond Mountain District
  • Spring Mountain District
  • St. Helena
  • Rutherford
  • Oakville
  • Yountville
  • Stags Leap District
  • Oak Knoll
  • Mount Veeder
  • Coombsville
  • Wild Horse Valley
  • Los Carneros

(N to S ish)

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Main towns of Napa County

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  • Starts at San Pablo Bay in South
  • Napa
  • St. Helena
  • Calistoga in the north

(5 miles wide at Napa to 1 mile wide at Calistoga)

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Does it get warmer or cooler as you travel North in Napa County? Why?

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Warmer!

Cool ocean air funnels through Petaluma Gap in San Pablo Bay and upward through valley

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What AVA in Napa is the coolest and suitable for sparkling wine production?

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Los Carneros AVA

-affected by wind from San Pablo Bay through Petaluma Gap

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What is the temperature like in Calistoga AVA?

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  • Routinely over 90 degrees

- suitable for Cab Sauv and Zin

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What two mountain ranges line Napa on west and east?

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  • Mayacamas on the West

- Vaca Mountains on the East

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What is range of altitude in Napa?

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0 to over 2000 ft above sea level

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What mountain range forms the border of Napa and Sonoma County?

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Mayacamas Mountains

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Soils of Napa

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Range of volcanic, alluvial and maritime soil types

-gravel loam, dense clay, thin rocky soils

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What is “mountain fruit”

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  • Refers to (usually) Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa’s sun-drenched hillside vineyards and mountainside AVAs
  • prized for density, dark fruit, concentration and ability to retain good acid structure through ripeness
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What AVA producers benchmark “mountain wines”

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Howell Mountain

1st AVA wholly within Napa to receive its own AVA

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What is a concern for hillside growers in Napa?

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  • erosion

- heavy winter rains can wash away vineyards entire topsoil

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Three “mountain” or hillside AVAs in Napa

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  • Howell Mountain AVA
  • Diamond Mountain District AVA
  • Stags Leap District AVA
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Describe “valley fruit”

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  • more elegant supple style of Cabernet
  • less intensity of color

-valley floor has deeper topsoil

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What AVA exemplifies valley floor style?

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Rutherford AVA

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3 “valley” AVAs for Cabernet in Napa

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  • Rutherford AVA
  • Oakville AVA
  • Coombsville AVA
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Where is Pinot Noir generally found in Napa?

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Los Carneros

-for sparking and still wine production

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20
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Location and bordering counties of Sonoma

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  • Between Napa County and Pacific Coast
  • Mendocino and Lake to the North
  • Marin, Solano and Contra Costa to the South
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21
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AVAs of Sonoma:

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North East

  • Alexander Valley
  • Pine Mountain Cloverdale Peak
  • Knights valley
  • Chalk Hill

North Central

  • Rockpile
  • Dry Creek valley

North West»South West

  • Sonoma Coast
  • Fort Ross Seaview
  • Petaluma Gap

Central

  • Russian River Valley
  • Green Valley of RRV

South East

  • Sonoma Valley
  • Bennet Valley
  • Sonoma Mountain
  • Moon Mountain
  • Carneros
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22
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What is the climate like in Carneros AVA in Sonoma?

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  • windy, foggy, cool
  • Region 1
  • mostly pinot noir and chard for sparkling wine
23
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What soils characterize the RRV?

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Fertile alluvial soils

-“Goldridge” sandy loam

24
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“Sub AVAs” of RRV?

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Chalk Hill

Green Valley

25
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Notable COASTAL producers in Sonoma

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Hirsch
Marcassin
Peay

26
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Notable RRV producers in Sonoma

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Dehlinger
Joseph Swan
Rochioli
Williams Selyem

27
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What AVAs in Sonoma Country north and east of Healdsburg experience warmer region III climates

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Alexander Valley
Dry Creek Valley
Rockpile
Knights Valley

28
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What is the warmest AVA in Sonoma County?

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Knights Valley

29
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What are the soils of Alexander Valley and Knights Valley? What characters do the Cab Sauvs from each display?

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-gravelly soils

-Alexander Valley - more herbaceous than Napa
-Knights Valley - can be similar to Napa
Peter Michael “Les Pavots”

30
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Where is Peter Michael based? Name some cuvees?

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Knights Valley - Sonoma County

Cab Sauv - Les Pavots
Chard - Belle Côte
Pinot Noir - Clos du Ciel (fruit from Fort Ross Seaview)

31
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What are Dry Creek Valley and Rockpile AVA known for?

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  • Ripe, powerful styles of Zinfandel

- aged in American or French oak

32
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What is the most established sub region of Sonoma County? What grapes are successful there?

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Sonoma Valley AVA

Zin, PN, Chard, Cab Sauv - successful

33
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What mountains straddle Sonoma Valley

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Mayacamas and Sonoma Mountains

-runs nearly parallel to Napa Valley

34
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What grape is favored in Bennett Valley AVA in Sonoma?

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Merlot

too cold to ripen Cab

35
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What Champagne house and Cava producer set up their American sparkling wine estates in Carneros in the 80s?

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  • Taittiner

- Codorníu

36
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What is significant about Gloria Ferrer?

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  • first sparkling wine house in Sonoma Carneros

- first to plant Champagne clones and the first to plant in Carneros

37
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What is required of all wines produced in Sonoma County as of 2011?

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Must state Sonoma County on the label

38
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Where is Mendocino in relation to Sonoma?

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North

39
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What two rivers are Mendocino’s best winegrowing regions centered at the confluence of?

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Russian and Navarro Rivers

40
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What AVAs are nestled within Mendocino AVA?

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Anderson Valley
Potter Valley
Redwood Valley
McDowell Valley
Yorkville Highlands
Cole Ranch
Mendocino Ridge (Portion)
41
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4 AVAs not included within Mendocino AVA but still in Mendocino County

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Pine MOuntain-Cloverdale Peak
Dos Rios
Covelo
Eagle Peak Mendocino County (2014)

42
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What is the smallest AVA in America? Who owns all of the vineyard acreage?

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-Cole Ranch AVA
(60 acres - Less than 1/4 sq mile)
-within Mendocino AVA in Mendocino County

-Esterlina Winery owns all vineyard acreage

43
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Where is McDowell Valley and who owns most of vineyard area?

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In Mendocino County

-essentially monopole of McDowell Valley wineries

44
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What is the climate of Anderson valley?

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Cool

-one of coolest in CA

45
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What champagne house is based in the Anderson Valley?

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Louis Roederer

-produces elegant sparkling compared to competitors in Carneros

46
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What is unique about the requirements for Mendocino Ridge AVA?

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Restricted to vineyards that are at least 1,200 feet above sea level

47
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What grape thrives in the sun above the fog line in Mendocino Ridge?

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Zinfandel

48
Q

What is the smallest wine-producing county in the North Coast?

A

Lake County

49
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What is the most prominent AVA in Lake County?

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Clear Lake AVA

  • cool climate bc of moderating Lake
  • Sauvignon Blanc
50
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What is the only non-contiguous AVA in US?

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Mendocino Ridge AVA

51
Q

Where is Teldeschi Vineyard?

A

Dry Creek AVA

52
Q

Where is Monte Rosso Vineyard?

A

Sonoma Valley AVA - Moon Mountain AVA

Louis Martini

53
Q

Where is Eisele vineyard

A

Calistoga AVA

Araujo

54
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Where is Sanford & Benedict vineyard?

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Sta Rita Hills AVA

Sandhi

California - SD (5 decks)

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