27 CFR §9.117
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- (a)Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Stags Leap District.”
- (b)Approved map. The appropriate map for determining the boundaries of the Stags Leap District viticultural area is one U.S.G.S. topographic map in the 7.5 minute series, scaled 1:24000, titled “Yountville, Calif.,” 1951 (photorevised 1968).
- (c)Boundaries. The Stags Leap District viticultural area is located in Napa County, California, within the Napa Valley viticultural area. The boundaries are as follows:
- (1)Commencing at the intersection of the intermittent stream (drainage creek) with the Silverado Trail at the 60 foot contour line in T6N/R4W, approximately 7 miles north of the city of Napa.
- (2)Then southwest in a straight line, approximately 900 feet, to the main channel of the Napa River.
- (3)Then following the main branch of the Napa River (not the southern branch by the levee) in a northwesterly then northerly direction, until it intersects the medium-duty road (Grant Bdy) in T7N/R4W, known locally as the Yountville Cross Road.
- (4)Then northeast along the Yountville Cross Road until it intersects the medium-duty road, the Silverado Trail.
- (5)Then north along the Silverado Trail approximately 590 feet to a gully entering the Silverado Trail from the east.
- (6)Then northeast along the center line of that gully, approximately 800 feet, until it intersects the 400 foot contour line in Section 30 of T7N/R4W.
- (7)Then in a generally southeast direction, following the 400 foot contour line through Sections 29, 32, 33, 4, and 3, until it intersects the intermittent stream in the southwest corner of Section 3 in T6N/R4W.
- (8)Then in a generally southwest direction along that intermittent stream to the beginning point, at the intersection with the Silverado Trail.