The Saddle Rock-Malibu AVA is an American Viticultural Area in the

Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains is a coastal mountain range in Southern California, next to the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Transverse Ranges. Because of its proximity to densely populated regions, it is one of the most visited natural areas in ...

, within western Los Angeles County,

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

. The region was once part of the Saddle Rock Ranch, created from a 19th-century Spanish and Mexican land grant Rancho Las Virgenes. The wine region is located high in the Santa Monica Mountains, west of Metropolitan Los Angeles in

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most populous urban a ...

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American Viticultural Areas of Southern California Geography of Los Angeles County, California Santa Monica Mountains American Viticultural Areas of California American Viticultural Areas 2006 establishments in California {{wine-region-stub