Lopez
- AVA
- Cucamonga
- Decade
- 1910s
- County
- San Bernadino
- Sub-Appellation
- Cucamonga Valley
- Current Owner
- Don Galleano (lease)
- Planted by
- Jose Lopez
- Location Notes
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At SE corner of intersection of Hwy 210 and Hwy 15
- Wineries
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Carol Shelton, Galleano
- Historical Producers
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Carol Shelton 2000-current, Geyser Peak 2000-2001
- Characteristics
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Dusty cranberry-pomegranate fruit and Middle Eastern
spices like coriander, cardamom, cumin, fennel, Chinese 5-spice. Very intense and concentrated due to extremely low crop yield.
- Description
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Planted 1918, used for packing grapes to home winemakers back east during Prohibition. All dry-farmed and organically certified, vines are “pygmy” bush vines (2 ft tall) with roots going down 30-50 feet to get water. Average yield of 1/3 ton/acre, 1/2 ton in a good year!
- Phone
- 707-575-3441
- Submitted by
- Carol Shelton
- Certified