Wahluke Slope AVA

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Wahluke Slope AVA is a warm, dry wine-growing region in south-central Washington State known for producing ripe, full-bodied red wines, particularly from varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Royal Slope AVA 1
Wahluke Slope AVA canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Viticultural Area ⓘ
boundedBy Columbia River ⓘ
Saddle Mountains ⓘ
climate dry ⓘ
warm ⓘ
climateCharacteristic high heat accumulation ⓘ
long growing season ⓘ
low rainfall ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
grapeVariety Cabernet Sauvignon ⓘ
Merlot ⓘ
Syrah ⓘ
irrigationSource Columbia River ⓘ
knownFor Cabernet Sauvignon wines ⓘ
Merlot wines ⓘ
Syrah wines ⓘ
full-bodied red wines ⓘ
ripe red wines ⓘ
locatedIn Columbia Valley AVA ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to: Washington

south-central Washington State ⓘ
notableWineColor red ⓘ
partOf Columbia Valley wine region ⓘ
linked to: Columbia Valley AVA
primaryWineStyle red wine ⓘ
regionType wine-growing region ⓘ
soilType sandy soils ⓘ
well-drained soils ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
topography alluvial fan ⓘ
gently sloping terrain ⓘ
typicalWineCharacter high alcohol potential ⓘ
ripe fruit flavors ⓘ
soft tannins ⓘ
viticulturePractice irrigated viticulture ⓘ
wineRegionType single-AVA subregion of Columbia Valley ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Columbia Valley AVA → containsSubregion → Wahluke Slope AVA ⓘ
Columbia Valley AVA → containsSubregion → Royal Slope AVA ⓘ
linked to: Wahluke Slope AVA