Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA

Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA
Wine region
Type	American Viticultural Area
Year established	2006[1]
Country	US
Part of	California, South Coast AVA
Climate region	Mediterranean
Total area	2,100 acres (8 km2)[2]

The Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the Santa Monica Mountains, within western Los Angeles County, California.

The region was once part of the 200,000 acres (809 km²) Saddle Rock Ranch, created from a 19th-century Spanish and Mexican land grant Rancho Las Virgenes.

The wine region is located high in the Santa Monica Mountains, west of Metropolitan Los Angeles in Southern California.

References

Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.203 Saddle Rock-Malibu." Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 23, 2008.
Wine Institute (2008). "The Appellations Of California Wine — Central Coast and Southern" Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved Jan. 23, 2008.

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[code-1] Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.203 Saddle Rock-Malibu." Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 23, 2008.

[wi-2] Wine Institute (2008). "The Appellations Of California Wine — Central Coast and Southern" Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved Jan. 23, 2008.