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Dundee Hills

Sub-zone

Dundee Hills is a named sub-zone of Willamette Valley in the United States, covering 5,049 ha. It lies 6.5 km west of Newberg and 14 km north-east of McMinnville.

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Key facts

Official name
Dundee Hills viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Willamette Valley
Protected since
2005-01-31
Area
5,049 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
9.49 × 9.19 km
Centre
45.2793° N, 123.0514° W
State
OR
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.180
Petitioner
Alex Sokol Blosser, secretary of the North Willamette Valley AVA Group

Where it is

Nearest town
6.5 km west of Newberg
Nearest city
14 km north-east of McMinnville 33,892 people
To the sea
69 km
Rivers nearby
Willamette (6 km)
Same latitude
Soave Superiore (Italy), Saint-Estèphe (France), South Banat (Serbia), Banat (Romania), Hrvatsko Podunavlje (Croatia)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
53–329 m
Mean elevation
141 m
Mean slope
8.9° (16 %)
Steepest tenth
above 16°
Faces
several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 278,199 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

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Within

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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