Amador County wine region

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The Amador County wine region is a renowned viticultural area in California’s Sierra Foothills, especially known for its old-vine Zinfandel and other robust red wines.

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Amador County AVA 1
Amador County wine region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Viticultural Area ⓘ
wine region ⓘ
agriculturalProduct wine grapes ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
climateCharacteristic warm days and cool nights ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 300 to 900 meters above sea level ⓘ
grapeVariety Barbera ⓘ
Chardonnay ⓘ
Grenache ⓘ
Petite Sirah ⓘ
Roussanne ⓘ
Sangiovese ⓘ
Sauvignon Blanc ⓘ
Syrah ⓘ
Viognier ⓘ
Zinfandel ⓘ
hasSubregion Fiddletown AVA ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley (California) ⓘ
historicalReputation one of California’s historic Zinfandel regions ⓘ
industry wine industry ⓘ
knownFor Italian and Rhône-style red wines ⓘ
full-bodied Zinfandel ⓘ
old-vine Zinfandel ⓘ
robust red wines ⓘ
locatedIn Amador County, California ⓘ
Northern California ⓘ
Sierra Foothills ⓘ
notableFeature concentration of old-vine vineyards ⓘ
dry-farmed vineyards in some sites ⓘ
partOf Sierra Foothills AVA ⓘ
primaryWineColor red ⓘ
regionType Sierra Foothills wine region ⓘ
secondaryWineColor white ⓘ
soilCharacteristic well-drained soils ⓘ
soilType decomposed granite ⓘ
volcanic soils ⓘ
state California ⓘ
topography foothills of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
tourismType wine tourism ⓘ
viticulturalHistory grape growing since the California Gold Rush era ⓘ
wineProfile rich, robust red blends ⓘ
spicy Zinfandel with jammy fruit ⓘ
wineStyle high-alcohol red wines ⓘ
intensely flavored red wines ⓘ

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

Amador City, California → locatedNear → Amador County wine region ⓘ
Sierra Foothills AVA → subRegion → Amador County AVA ⓘ
linked to: Amador County wine region