Wine region - Sonora
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Climate and vine                     

                    Hermosillo, Sonora
Vine

The typical varieties of vine grown in Hermosillo are :
Red Wine           White Wine
Barbera               Bola Dulce
Cardinal              Esmerald
Cariñena              Palomino
Flame Seedless Thompson Seedless
Perlette
Ruby Cabernet
Ruby Seedless
Valdepeñas

Climate

Relative humidity is at a level of 48.4 % in July and August. In Hermosillo 79% of the grape production is used for distilling, 19% for wine production and 2 % for eating.

                     Caborca, Sonora
Climate
The viticultural region of Caborca has a desert climate with an annual average temperature of 70.34 ° F (21.3 °C) but with extremes of freezing temperatures in winter.

Vine

23 % of the grape production is used for distilling, 25% for wine and the remaining 52 % is used to make raisins.
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Tasting
1. Climate

The two important wine growing regions in this state are Hermosillo and Caborca. In Hermosillo the annual temperatures range from 53.42 ° F (11.9°C) to 86 ° F (30 °C). On average it is a warm 73.4 ° F (23°C).

Good irrigation systems are necessary since falls of rain are rather sparse.