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From abovePauillac, Médoc45.1735° N · 0.7500° W · © IGN · BD ORTHO
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begins somewhere.
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Hirsch Vineyards.
Block by block.
On the Sonoma Coast, a few steps can change the ground beneath a vine. Follow 26 mapped blocks into the wines they make.
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Hirsch Vineyards · Fort Ross-SeaviewUSGS terrain via AWS · sampled approximately every 37 m
Fort Ross-Seaview · California
One place.
Four ways to read it.
- Region
- Fort Ross-Seaview, within the West Sonoma Coast. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay above the Pacific.
- Terroir
- Hirsch describes Block 8 at 1,180 ft, on red, iron-rich Boomer-Mendocino soils. Ridge, exposure and soil change across the estate.
- Climate
- The AVA’s 1991–2020 normal is about 2,630 growing degree days (°F, base 50°F). Regional climate estimates give context for the site.
- Vintage
- Compare each season’s heat, frost and rain on the map. The AVA’s 2024 season ran warm; 2025 was cooler than normal.
Which blocks go into which bottle?
Compare five Pinot Noir sitesBlock 8Blocks 8A, 8B
Boomer-Mendocino series, found nowhere else at Hirsch: red from iron oxide, 40–70% rock and gravel
Raschen RidgeBlocks 15, 17Decomposed sandstone on the exposed western end; dense clay on the sheltered eastern end
East RidgeBlocks 4A, 4B, 5, 23, 25Shallow clay and rock, the mix shifting with slope and aspect
West RidgeBlocks 6, 7, 12Heavy black clay that holds vigour back, with pockets of sand, loam and rock
MaritimeBlocks 1A, 1B, 2, 3A, 3B, 16, OVY, NOVYFractured decomposed sandstone, heavy clay and deep loam
ChardonnayBlocks 10A, 10B, 12-2BBlock 10: pale pink rock and clay. Block 12-2B: sandstone
Block numbers and estate-map acreage come from Hirsch; mapped outlines approximate the blocks using California DWR fields. Named wines and the estate-blend group remain distinct. Ownership and fruit-sourcing records include their sources and reported dates. Hirsch Vineyards ↗
The regional atlas
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02The villages, slopes and chalk soils behind the world’s most celebrated bubbles.
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Northern California
03Follow the coastal hills and valley floors, then explore Hirsch Vineyards block by block, wine by wine.
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Italy
04An atlas of denominations and the sites that give them their character.
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From the region
to the vine row.
Geography is the beginning of the story. The atlas connects public mapping data with a closer reading of the land.
See the landscape.
Switch from atlas to aerial imagery. Explore vineyard land, parcel boundaries, soils and terrain.
Read the rows.
At close zoom, vine rows are traced from aerial photographs in your browser. Click a block to explore its direction, spacing and slope.
Built on open data
A map with its sources attached.
The atlas combines public geographic data and curated wine references. Bordeaux uses IGN imagery and terrain, INAO appellation data, and GIS Sol / INRAE soil mapping. Open Sources on each map for its references and limitations.
Boundaries can be simplified, and some estate locations are approximate. Row measurements describe the aerial photograph, not a ground survey.