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Los Carneros

Sub-zone

Los Carneros is a named sub-zone of Sonoma Valley in the United States, covering 15,066 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Los Carneros viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Sonoma Valley
Protected since
1983-09-19
Area
15,066 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
16.91 × 22.96 km
Centre
38.2273° N, 122.3552° W
State
CA
Also known as
Carneros
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.32

Where it is

Nearest town
9.9 km south-west of Napa
Nearest city
16 km north of Vallejo 121,692 people
To the sea
9.1 km
Same latitude
Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Jumilla (Spain), Μοσχάτος Κεφαλληνίας (Greece), Faro (Italy)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–404 m
Mean elevation
46 m

Measured over the whole outline on 42,488 elevation cells of about 60 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Napa Valley (Cabernet)

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Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Counties · 2

Within

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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