Jahant AVA

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name = Jahant AVA


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type = American Viticultural Area
year = 2006 [http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=bff700d0bbb2a632948b70fe7e91d7d4;rgn=div5;view=text;node=27%3A1.0.1.1.7;idno=27;cc=ecfr#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.179 Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.199 Jahant."] Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Jan. 28, 2008.]
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part of = California, Lodi AVA
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total size = convert|28000|acre|ha|0Appellation America (2007). [http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Jahant.html "Jahant (AVA): Appellation Description"] . Retrieved Jan. 28, 2008.]
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The Jahant AVA is an American Viticultural Area located within the Lodi AVA. Most of the AVA is located within San Joaquin County, California, with a small part in Sacramento County. At convert|28000|acre|ha|0, Jahant is the smallest of the Lodi sub-appellations. The area is known for its distinctive pink colored Rocklin-Jahant loam soil with the AVA's boundaries being delineated by the extent and reaches of the soil. This low lying AVA is affected by its close proximately to the Mokelumne River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta which keeps the climate cool and dry.

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