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Monterey & San Benito County Flashcards

1
Q

Name the largest AVA in CA.

A

Central Coast AVA

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2
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Name the AVA that overlaps San Benito & Monterey County lines.

A

Chalone AVA

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3
Q

Name the only winery of Mount Harlan AVA

A

Calera

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4
Q

Name the soil type shared by Mount Harlan & Chalone

A

Limestone

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5
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Name the primary grapes of Mount Harlan & Chalone

A

PN & CH

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6
Q

Name the mountain range that divides San Benito & Monterey

A

Gabilan Range

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7
Q

Name the primary grapes of Carmel Valley

A

CS & Merlot

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8
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Name the primary grapes of Santa Lucia Highlands

A

PN & CH

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9
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Name the River valley that Santa Lucia Highlands overlooks

A

Salinas

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10
Q

What grape is planted most in Monterey County?

A

CH

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11
Q

What is the “Thermal Rainbow”

A

Because of Blue Grand Canyon, cooling effect starting from the coast down to Hames Valley. Further away you get is generally warmer.

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12
Q

How many AVA’s in San Benito county?

wineries?

A

7 AVA’s

11 wineries

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13
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Name the AVA’s of San Benito County

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  1. San Benito
  2. Cienega Valley
  3. Lime Kiln Valley
  4. Paicines
  5. Mount Harlan
  6. Pacheco Pass (Mostly Santa Clara County)
  7. Chalone (Mostly Monterey County)
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14
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What winery historically owned most of San Benito counties acreage?

A

Almaden

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15
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What AVA is nested within Cienega Valley AVA

A

Lime Kiln Valley

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16
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Primary grapes of Lime Kiln Valley

A

Old vine Mourvèdre and Zinfandel

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17
Q

What national monument is next to what AVA in San Benito County

A

Chalone AVA & Pinnacles National Monument

18
Q

Soils of Chalone AVA

A

Limestone & decomposed granite

19
Q

What does Gavilan mean?

20
Q

What AVA was abandoned by Almaden?

21
Q

What AVA is divided by the San Andreas Fault?

A

Cienega Valley

22
Q

What AVA’s are within the San Benito AVA

A
  1. Cienega Valley
  2. Lime Kiln Valley
  3. Paicines AVA
23
Q

What AVA in San Benito may you find old vine Negrette?

A

Cienega Valley AVA

24
Q

What grapes in Mount Harlan AVA?

A

PN, CH, Viognier, ALIGOTE

25
Q

What is the pending AVA in Monterey/San Benito?

A

Gabilan Mountains AVA (splits the county line)

26
Q

Do Monterey County wines require conjunctive labeling?

27
Q

How many AVA’s in Monterey County?

What are they?

A

9

  1. Carmel Valley
  2. Santa Lucia Highlands
  3. Chalone
  4. Arroyo Seco
  5. San Bernabe
  6. San Lucas
  7. San Antonio
  8. Hames Valley
  9. Monterey
28
Q

Soil of Carmel Valley?

A

Gravel terraces

29
Q

Which Monterey AVA is Winkler I?

A

Arroyo Seco AVA

30
Q

Which AVA of Monterey is not nested within the greater Monterey AVA?

31
Q

How long is the Monterey AVA?

32
Q

Which AVA is just south of San Bernabe

33
Q

Is San Lucas hot or cold climate?

34
Q

Soil type of Santa Lucia Highlands?

A

Glacial Alluvial soils

35
Q

What AVA is referred to as SLH

A

Santa Lucia Highlands

36
Q

What AVA is furthest south in Monterey County?

A

Hames Valley

37
Q

Which Monterey County AVA has one of the largest continuous vineyards in the world?

A

San Bernabe AVA

Delicato Vineyard

38
Q

What South Monterey AVA is only 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean ?

A

San Antonio AVA

39
Q

Which AVA is Lockwood Winery in?

A

San Lucas AVA

40
Q

What counties were a part of the original Central Coast AVA!

A

San Benito
Monterey
SLO
Santa Barbara

41
Q

Length and width of Central Coast AVA?

A

325 X 45 Miles

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