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{{Infobox wine region
| name = Clements Hills AVA
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| type = [[American Viticultural Area]]
| year = 2006<ref name="code">[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#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.177 Code of Federal Regulations.  "§ 9.197 Clement Hills."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907040338/http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr%3Bsid%3Dbff700d0bbb2a632948b70fe7e91d7d4%3Brgn%3Ddiv5%3Bview%3Dtext%3Bnode%3D27%3A1.0.1.1.7%3Bidno%3D27%3Bcc%3Decfr |date=2009-09-07 }} Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas.  Retrieved Jan. 28, 2008.</ref>
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| country = United States
| part of = [[California wine|California]], [[Lodi AVA]]
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| total size = {{convert|85400|acre|ha|0}}<ref name="appellation_america">Appellation America (2007).  [http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Clements-Hills.html "Clements Hills (AVA): Appellation Description"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131145905/http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Clements-Hills.html |date=2008-01-31 }}.  Retrieved Jan. 28, 2008.</ref>
| planted = {{convert|21700|acre|ha|0}}<ref name="appellation_america"/>
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| grapes = [[Barbera]], [[Cabernet Sauvignon]], [[Chardonnay]], [[Dolcetto]], [[Grenache]], [[Malbec]], [[Merlot]], [[Mourvedre]], [[Petite Sirah]], [[Syrah]], [[Zinfandel]]<ref name="Rieger">Rieger, Ted (2003). [http://www.winebusiness.com/html/MonthlyArticle.cfm?dataId=26656 "Subdividing Lodi—Proposal Supported for 7 Sub-AVAs"].  ''Wine Business Monthly''.  Aug., 2003.</ref> 
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The '''Clements Hills AVA''' is an [[American Viticultural Area]] located in [[San Joaquin County, California|San Joaquin County]], [[California]].  It is located in the southeast part of the larger [[Lodi AVA]].  The [[Mokelumne River]] flows through the wine region, which is composed of rolling hills between {{convert|90|ft|m|0}} and {{convert|400|ft|m|0}} in [[elevation]].  A variety of [[microclimate (wine)|microclimate]]s exist within the hills of the region.  The soils in the area includes [[loam]]s, [[clay]] loams, and clays. Below the [[alluvial]] top soil are areas of [[granite]] and [[volcanic soil]]s.<ref name="Rieger"/>

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[[Category:American Viticultural Areas of San Joaquin County, California]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in California]]


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