Los Carneros is a named sub-zone of Sonoma Valley in the United States, covering 15,066 ha.
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Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Measured over the whole outline on 42,488 elevation cells of about 60 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.
(1) The point of beginning is the intersection of highway 12/121 and the Napa County-Sonoma County line, near the extreme southeast corner of the Sonoma Quadrangle map. (2) From there, following the Napa County-Sonoma County line generally northwestward for about 1.6 miles to the summit of an unnamed hill with a marked elevation of 685 ft. (3) From there in a straight line northeastward to the summit of Milliken Peak (743 ft.), located on the Napa Quadrangle map. (4) From there due eastward to the 400 ft. contour line. (5) Then following that contour line generally northwestward to Carneros Creek (on the Sonoma Quadrangle map). (6) Then following the same contour line generally southeastward to the range line R. 5 W/R. 4 W (on the Napa Quadrangle map). (7) Then continuing to follow the same contour line generally northward for about one mile, till reaching a point due west of the summit of an unnamed hill having a marked elevation of 446 ft. (That hill is about .8 mile southwest of Browns Valley School.) (8) From that point due eastward to the summit of that hill. (9) From there in a straight line northeastward across Buhman Avenue to the summit of an unnamed hill having a marked elevation of 343 ft. (10) From there due eastward to the Napa-Entre Napa land grant boundary. (11) Then northeastward along that land grant boundary to Browns Valley Road. (12) Then eastward along Brow…
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