Russian River Valley

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American Viticultural Area wine region

Russian River Valley is a cool-climate American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, renowned for producing high-quality, elegant Pinot Noir wines.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Russian River region 0 2
Russian River Valley region 0 1
Russian River watershed 0 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Viticultural Area →
wine region →
abbreviation Russian River Valley AVA →
climate cool-climate →
country United States of America →
surface form: United States
grapeVariety Chardonnay →
Pinot Noir →
Sauvignon Blanc →
Syrah →
Zinfandel →
hasFeature cooling fogs →
diurnal temperature variation →
influence from Pacific Ocean →
hasSubregion Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA →
knownFor Chardonnay →
Pinot Noir →
elegant Pinot Noir wines →
high-quality wines →
locatedIn California, United States →
surface form: California

North Coast AVA →
Sonoma County NERFINISHED →
marketReputation leading cool-climate AVA in California →
premium Pinot Noir region →
namedAfter Russian River →
notableTown Forestville →
Healdsburg, California →
surface form: Healdsburg

Sebastopol, California →
surface form: Sebastopol

Windsor →
partOf Sonoma County, California →
surface form: Sonoma County wine region
primaryWineColor red →
white →
regionType sub-AVA of Sonoma County →
regulatoryBody Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau →
river Russian River →
soilType alluvial soils →
clay loam soils →
goldridge sandy loam →
state California, United States →
surface form: California
viticulturalCharacteristic high acidity retention in grapes →
long growing season →
slow, even ripening of grapes →
wineStyle balanced Chardonnay →
cool-climate Zinfandel →
elegant Pinot Noir →
wineTourism popular wine tourism destination →
wineTourismActivity vineyard tours →
winery tasting rooms →

Referenced by (5)

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

Mayacamas Mountains → drainageDivideFor → Russian River Valley →
this entity surface form: Russian River watershed
Chalk Hill AVA → locatedIn → Russian River Valley →
this entity surface form: Russian River Valley region
Pinot Noir → notableRegion → Russian River Valley →
Pomo → traditionalTerritory → Russian River Valley →
this entity surface form: Russian River region
Pomo people → traditionalTerritory → Russian River Valley →
this entity surface form: Russian River region