パソロブレスに11個の新しいサブAVAができることが決まりました。2014年11月10日に施行されます（Paso Robles Wine Country Viticultural Areas | Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance）。



パソロブレスにサブAVAを作ろうという動きはずいぶん前からありました。パソロブレスAVAの面積は61万4000エーカーでナパ・ヴァレーの22万5000エーカーと比べて3倍近くにも達しており、東西42マイル、南北にも32マイルもの幅があるのです。気温や降水量、地質も大きな違いがあります。

2007年にはTTB（アルコール・タバコ税貿易管理局）に11個のサブAVAの申請が出されています。その際には、TTB内でのサブAVAに関するルールの変更などもあり、却下になったのですが、2013年に改めて申請が出されたのでした。

パソロブレスAVAと11個のサブAVAをまとめたのが以下の表です。

AVA気候

平均年間降水量
(インチ)

生育期間の日中温度差（華氏）地勢土壌
パソロブレスMaritime climate becoming more continental to the east, with growing degree-day Regions II, III and IV.8 – 3020 – 50Salinas River and tributary valleys, alluvial terraces, and surrounding mountain slopes; 600 - 2,400+ feet. Soils both depositional and residual derived from sedi-mentary rock; moderate depth.
Adelaida District Region II–III transitional2530Santa Lucia Range high mountain slopes grading to foothills; 900 - 2200 feet.Shallow, bedrock residual soils and patchy colluvial hillside soils from middle member of Monterey For-mation and older rocks; largely calcareous soils.
Creston DistrictRegion III11.525Old erosional plateau at the base of the La Panza Range; alluvial terraces and fans of Huerhuero Creek; 1,000 - 2,000 feet.Old, well developed terrace and hillside soils; mix of granitic and sedimentary rocks.
El Pomar District Region II1520-25High, older terraces, fans, and hills; 740 - 1,600 feet.Quaternary alluvial soils, well developed loams to clay loams, some calcare-ous, with Monterey For-mation sand- stone and silt-stone at depth in some are-as.
Paso Robles
Estrella District		Region III12.5 – 15.535 – 40Rolling plains of Estrella River valley and terraces; 745 - 1819 feet.Quaternary alluvial soils of diverse ages across young-er to older terraces, deep to moderate depth, with rem-nant patches of older valley fill at highest elevations.
Paso Robles Geneseo District Region III – IV13 – 1420 – 25Upfaulted hills through old river terraces along Huerhuero–La Panza fault; 740 - 1,300 feet.Old alluvial terrace and re-sidual hillside soils of mod-erate depth with cementa-tion of the gravelly Paso Robles Formation and older granites.
Paso Robles Highlands
District		Region IV1250+Old Pliocene–Pleistocene erosional surface across the Simmler, Monterey and Paso Robles formations be-low the La Panza Range; 1,160 - 2,086 feet.               Deep, sometimes cemented alluvial soils; old leached alkaline soils common, with younger sandy soils along active steams.
Paso Robles
Willow Creek District		Region II24 – 3020High elevation mountainous bedrock slopes across a more erodible member of the Monterey Formation; 960 - 1,900 feet.Mostly bedrock (residual) soils from the middle and lower members of the Mon-terey Formation, patches of alluvial soil along streams, largely calcareous, loams to clay loams.
San Juan CreekRegion III – IV transition10.435-40San Juan Creek younger river valleys with alluvial ter-races and fans as a tributary to the upper Estrella River; 980 – 1,600 feet.                                   Well to moderately drained, deep alluvial soils, sandy loams to loams to clay loams on the highest, oldest terraces.
San Miguel DistrictRegion III11.430-35Footslope of Santa Lucia Range, with alluvial terraces of the Salinas and Estrella rivers and small recent allu-vial fans; 580 - 1,600 feet.Deep, alluvial sandy loams to loams to a few clay loams (some with clay pans) from the river bottoms up onto the higher terraces.
Santa Margarita RanchRegion II2925High, steep mountain slopes of ancient Salinas River and upper reaches of incised con- temporary Salinas Riv-er along the Rinconada Fault; 900 - 1,400 feet.Deep alluvial soils derived from many lithologies and varying in texture, with patchy residual soils on mountain slopes.
Templeton Gap DistrictRegion II2020Santa Lucia Range moun-tain slopes and broad alluvi-al terraces; elevations 700 - 1,800 feet.Broad alluvial terraces and fans of Paso Robles Creek and the Salinas River over bed- rock; alluvial soils of shallow to moderate depth and sandy to silty to clay loams; calcareous in places.  


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