Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA explained

Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA
Type:American Viticultural Area
Year:2006[1]
Country:US
Part Of:California, South Coast AVA
Climate Region:Mediterranean
Total Size:2100acres[2]

The Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the Santa Monica Mountains, within western Los Angeles County, California.

The region was once part of the 200000acres Saddle Rock Ranch, created from a 19th-century Spanish and Mexican land grant Rancho Las Virgenes.

The wine region is located high in the Santa Monica Mountains, west of Metropolitan Los Angeles in Southern California.

References

34.0973°N -118.8302°W

Notes and References

  1. http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=bff700d0bbb2a632948b70fe7e91d7d4;rgn=div5;view=text;node=27%3A1.0.1.1.7;idno=27;cc=ecfr#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.183 Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.203 Saddle Rock-Malibu."
  2. Wine Institute (2008). "The Appellations Of California Wine — Central Coast and Southern" . Retrieved Jan. 23, 2008.