Suisun Valley AVA Viticultural Facts
Geography:
Length: | approximately 8 miles |
Width: | approximately 3 miles at widest point |
Orientation: | north to south, split mid valley to two fingers |
Drainage: | Suisun and Ledgewood Creeks drain into Suisun Bay. |
Climate Type: | mid region III as classified by the University of California |
Davis system of heat summarization by degree days.0 | |
Accumulation: | averages roughly 3,350 degree days per year. |
mid valley avg 3,250 to 3,450 degree days per year | |
upper valley avg 3,700 to 3,750 degree days per year |
Suisun Valley consists of a mixture of soils, zoned within the valley floor, and additional none typed soils within the undeveloped hillsides. Soil types include:
Brentwood clay loam
San Ysidro sandy loam
Sycamore silty loam
Rincon clay loam
Gross Acreage of AVA | 15,000 |
Under Vine Acre Estimate | 3,000 |