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Napa Valley Flashcards

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Carneros
Producers

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  • Hudson
  • Hyde
  • Poseidon
  • Sangiacomo (Sonoma)
  • Stanly Ranch
  • Truchard
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Carneros
1st winery post Prohibition

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Carneros Creek, 1972
* Recovery after Prohibition was slow

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Carneros vs Howell Mountain
Avg Rainfall

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Carneros 18-24 in
Howell Mountain 40-50 in

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Howell Mountain
Old Vine Zinfandel Vineyards

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  • Beatty Ranch
  • Turley’s Rattlesnake Ridge and Dragon Vineyard
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Angwin

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  • Town of Angwin, located in Howell Mountain, only mountain AVA with its own town
  • Interestingly, town’s founder, Edwin Angwin, sold nearly 2,000 acres of what would today be considered prime vineyard land to the (alcohol free!) Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1909, which established the Pacific Union College on the property
  • Prior to Angwin’s ownership, the land had been part of the second grant given to George C. Yount, the Rancho La Jota, in 1843
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Wild Horse Valley AVA
Two counties

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Solano - most land area
Napa - two very small slivers

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Wild Horse Valley AVA
Total Planted Acreage

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72 acres
within Napa

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Wild Horse Valley AVA
Year Est

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1988
* 1st AVA after Howell Mountain in1983

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Wild Horse Valley AVA
Notable Vineyard

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Heron Lake
* Otherwise, AVA viticulturally not very significant

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Wild Horse Valley
Growing Conditions

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High elevation, along with proximity to San Pablo Bay, makes for a cooler growing climate

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Wild Horse Valley
Soils

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Rocky and red-tinged with iron-rich volcanic material

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Wild Horse Valley AVA
Grapes

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Scant production mostly dedicated to Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay, and the latter two can be quite refined in style

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