Rutherford is a named sub-zone of Napa Valley in the United States, covering 3,043 ha. It lies 6.4 km south-east of Saint Helena and 26 km east of Santa Rosa.
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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 137,151 elevation cells of about 15 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) Beginning on the Yountville quadrangle map at the point where the county road known as the Silverado Trail intersects Skellenger Lane, just outside the southwest corner of Section 12, Township 7 North (T.7 N.), Range 5 West (R.5 W.), the boundary proceeds in a southwesterly direction in a straight line approximately 1.7 miles along Skellenger Lane, past its intersection with Conn Creek Road, to the point of intersection with the main channel of the Napa River (on the “Rutherford” map); (2) Then south along the center of the river bed approximately .4 miles to the point where an unnamed stream drains into the Napa River from the west; (3) Then along the unnamed stream in a generally northwesterly direction to its intersection with the west track of the Southern Pacific Railroad Track; (4) Then southeasterly along said railroad track 1,650 feet to a point which is approximately 435 feet north of the centerline of the entry road to Robert Mondavi Winery (shown on the map) to the southeast corner of Assessor's Parcel Number 27-250-14; (5) Thence southwesterly S 55°06 W for 3,869 feet along the common boundary between Assessor's Parcel Numbers 27-250-14 and 27-280-50/51 to the southwest corner of Assessor's Parcel Number 27-250-14; (6) Thence northwesterly N 40°31 W for 750 feet along the westerly property line of Assessor's Parcel Number 27-250-14; (7) Thence …
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