§ 9.273 Tehachapi Mountains. ( a ) *Name.* The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Tehachapi Mountains”. For purposes of part 4 of this chapter, “Tehachapi Mountains” is a term of viticultural significance.
( b ) *Approved maps.* The eight United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic maps used to determine the boundary of the Tehachapi Mountains viticultural area are titled: ( 1 ) Bear Mountain, CA, 2015;
( 2 ) Keene, CA, 2015;
( 3 ) Cummings Mountain, CA, 2015;
( 4 ) Tehachapi North, CA, 2015;
( 5 ) Tehachapi NE, CA, 2015;
( 6 ) Monolith, CA, 2015;
( 7 ) Tehachapi South, CA, 2015; and
( 8 ) Tejon Ranch, CA, 2015.
( c ) *Boundary.* The Tehachapi Mountains viticultural area is located in Kern County, California. The boundary of the Tehachapi Mountains viticultural area is as described below: ( 1 ) The beginning point is on the Bear Mountain map at the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation contour and an unnamed road known locally as Skyline Drive. From the beginning point, proceed easterly along the 4,800-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Keene map, to the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation contour and Horizon Court; then
( 2 ) Proceed south along Horizon Court to its intersection with the 4,600-foot elevation contour; then
( 3 ) Proceed east, then north along the meandering 4,600-foot elevation contour to its intersection with Shenandoah Place; then
( 4 ) Proceed southeast in a straight line to the 4,400-foot elevation contour south of an unnamed road known locally as Big Sky Court; then
( 5 ) Proceed east, then north along the meandering 4,400-foot elevation contour to its intersection with Bear Valley Road; then
( 6 ) Proceed east in a straight line to the 4,600-foot elevation contour; then
( 7 ) Proceed southeasterly along the 4,600-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Cummings Mountain map and continuing southeasterly, then northerly along the 4,600-foot elevation contour, crossing back onto the Keene map, and continuing northerly along the 4,600-foot elevation contour to a point due west of the intersection of Marcel Drive and an unnamed road known locally as Woodford-Tehachapi Road; then
( 8 ) Proceed east in a straight line to the intersection of Woodford-Tehachapi Road and Marcel Drive; then
( 9 ) Proceed east in a straight line, crossing onto the Tehachapi North map and crossing Tehachapi Creek, to the 4,400-foot elevation contour northeast of the community of Cable, California; then
( 10 ) Proceed easterly along the 4,400-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Tehachapi NE map, and continuing southeasterly along the 4,400-foot elevation contour to a point due west of the terminus of Zephyr Court; then
( 11 ) Proceed east in a straight line to the terminus of Zephyr Court; then
( 12 ) Proceed east in a straight line to Sand Canyon Road; then
( 13 ) Proceed south along Sand Canyon Road, crossing onto the Monolith map, to its intersection with East Tehachapi Boulevard; then
( 14 ) Proceed southwesterly in a straight line, crossing the railroad tracks and State Route 58, to the 4,200-foot elevation contour; then
( 15 ) Proceed westerly along the 4,200-foot elevation contour to its intersection with an unnamed intermittent creek; then
( 16 ) Proceed southwest in a straight line to the 4,400-foot elevation contour; then
( 17 ) Proceed west along the 4,400-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Tehachapi South map, to its intersection with Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road; then
( 18 ) Proceed south along Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road to its intersection with the 4,520-foot elevation contour; then
( 19 ) Proceed west in a straight line to the intersection of the 4,840-foot elevation contour and Snowshoe Lane; then
( 20 ) Proceed north in a straight line to the 4,800-foot elevation contour; then
( 21 ) Proceed westerly along the 4,800-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Cummings Mountain map and over two unnamed intermittent streams, and continuing to the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation contour and a third unnamed intermittent stream; then
( 22 ) Proceed south in a straight line to the 5,200-foot elevation contour; then
( 23 ) Proceed southerly along the 5,200-foot elevation contour to a point northeast of the southern terminus of Arosa Road; then
( 24 ) Proceed east in a straight line, crossing onto the Tehachapi South map and over an unnamed road known locally as Water Canyon Road, to the 5,400-foot elevation contour; then
( 25 ) Proceed southeasterly, then south, then southwesterly along the 5,400-foot elevation contour, crossing onto the Cummings Mountain map and continuing to the intersection of the 5,400-foot elevation contour with an unnamed road known locally as Matterhorn Drive; then
( 26 ) Proceed west in a straight line, crossing Mountain Climber Way, to the 4,600-foot elevation contour; then
( 27 ) Proceed westerly along the 4,600-foot elevation contour to its intersection with High Gun Drive; then
( 28 ) Proceed south in a straight line to the second intersection of the line with the 5,000-foot elevation contour; then
( 29 ) Proceed west in a straight line, crossing onto the Tejon Ranch map, to the line's intersection with an unnamed 4-wheel drive road; then
( 30 ) Proceed northwesterly along the 4-wheel drive road to its intersection with the southern terminus of an unnamed road known locally as Carlisle Drive; then
( 31 ) Proceed southwesterly in a straight line to an unmarked 4,680-foot summit; then
( 32 ) Proceed north in a straight line to the 3,640-foot elevation contour; then
( 33 ) Proceed west in a straight line to the 3,600-foot elevation contour; then
( 34 ) Proceed west, then northwesterly along the 3,600-foot elevation contour to its intersection with an unnamed intermittent stream northwest of Jack Springs Road; then
( 35 ) Proceed northeast in a straight line, crossing onto the Bear Mountain map, and continuing to the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation contour and an unnamed intermittent creek west of Rockspring Court; then
( 36 ) Proceed north along the 4,800-foot elevation to a point due west of the intersection of the 4,800-foot elevation point and an unnamed road known locally as Skyline Drive; then
( 37 ) Proceed east in a straight line to the beginning point.
[T.D. TTB-164, 85 FR 73619, Nov. 19, 2020]