California - Central Coast
5 important questions on California - Central Coast
Central Coast AVA in California
- Coastline 280 miles from San Franciso down to Santa Barbara
- 60 miles inland
- cooled by Pacific Ocean air funneling through gaps in coastal hills
Livermore Valley AVA in California
- Most northerly of Central Coast AVA
- One of the oldest wine regions of USA
- Wente > Chardonnay cuttings from Meursault
- Concannon > Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaux
- During prohibition producing sacramental wine
- Stony, free-draining soils > help keep vigour low
Two northerly AVAs in Central Coast AVA
- Livermore Valley AVA
- Santa Cruz Mountains AVA
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2 AVAs in Monterey County, Central Coast AVA
- Monterey AVA
- biggest
- deep canyon in Monterey Bay > very cool water > cool and windy afternoons
- > Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
- Carmel Valley AVA
Paso Robles AVA in California's Central Coast AVA
- Till 2014 the largest undivided AVA in California
- Now 11 sub-AVAs
- Adelaida District AVA best known
- large AVA > terroirs differ > flat and hills up to 670m
- cooler to the ocean than inland > style of wine differs
- acidity, alcohol, body, (fresh) flavours etc.
- speciality: calcareous soils.
- dry farming possible where soil texture is clay and annual rainfall is moderate
- mainly black varieties
- Cabernet Sauvignon 40%
- Merlot - Syrah - Zinfandel - Rhône varieties
- most wines inexpensive - mid-priced - good quality
- number of producers ver good/oustanding - mid/premium prices
- significant producers:
- Saxum Vineyards
- Tablas Creek
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