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Mendocino Flashcards

1
Q

What are the two main rivers of Mendocino County?

A

Russian River

Navarro River

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What Mendocino AVAs are not nested in Mendocino AVA?

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Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA
Dos Rios AVA
Covelo AVA
Eagle Peak Mendocino County AVA

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What are the furthest north Mendocino AVAs?

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Covelo AVA

Dos Rios AVA

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Why did Mendocino AVA decrease in size? What year?

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It decreased so as to not overlap with the new Eagle Peak Mendocino County AVA in 2014

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What are the “monopole” AVAs of Mendocino?

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Cole Ranch AVA- Esterlina

McDowell Valley AVA- McDowell Valley winery

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What is the smallest AVA in America?

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Cole Ranch AVA
189 acres (76.49 ha)
Less than a quarter of a square mile

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What AVAs are nested in Mendocino AVA?

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Anderson Valley AVA
Potter Valley AVA
Redwood Valley AVA
McDowell Valley AVA
Yorkville Highlands AVA
Cole Ranch AVA
part of Mendocino Ridge AVA
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What is the minimum elevation of Mendocino Ridge AVA?

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1,200 ft (365.8 m)

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What was the first AVA in Mendocino? What year?

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McDowell Valley AVA 1981

Mendocino AVA was in 1984

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What is the most recent AVA of Mendocino? What year?

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Eagle Peak Mendocino County AVA

2014

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When did Roederer Estate begin?

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Started in 1982
First Brut debuted in 1988
L’Ermitage in 1989

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12
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Roederer Estate L’Ermitage specs

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Usually ~50/50 PN/Chd
uses ~4-5% reserve wines from a back vintage
Base wines are aged in large French oak
Spends ~5 yrs on the lees

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What is Duckhorn’s Anderson Valley property called?

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Goldeneye

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14
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Name 3 vineyards in Anderson Valley AVA

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Cerise Vineyard
Ferrington Vineyard
Savoy Vineyard
Bearwallow (Chd)

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15
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Where is Alder Springs Vineyard? How many varieties are grown there?

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Far northern Mendocino County

39 different grapes. Rhone, PN, Chd, picpoul, ferment, tannât, falanghina, etc

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16
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What is the smallest wine producing county in the North Coast?

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Lake County

17
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Name the AVAs of Lake County

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Clear Lake AVA
Guenoc Valley AVA
Benmore Valley AVA
Big Valley District-Lake County AVA
High Valley AVA
Kelsey Bench-Lake County AVA
Red Hills-Lake County AVA
18
Q

What was the first AVA of Lake County? What year was it established?

A

Guenoc Valley AVA

1981

19
Q

What is the name of the lake in Lake County?

A

Clear Lake. The largest lake entirely within the California border.

20
Q

What is the most important AVA of Lake County?

A

Clear Lake AVA

21
Q

What is Coro Mendocino?

A

An organization of Mendocino winemakers for

22
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What are the rules for Coro Mendocino?

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40-70% Zinfandel
Zin must be majority of blend
Secondary varietals are Rhone and Italian
Min 1 yr barrel, 1 yr btl
Barrel must be 25-75% new
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