Hickory Sands
District Llano Uplift · Texas Hill Country

Mason · McCulloch · San Saba · Llano

Hickory SandsDistrict

A place defined by what lies beneath.

Dormant vine rows beneath a low, clouded sky near Mason, Texas.
Proposed American Viticultural Area The land, below

A place within a place

Texas Hill Country AVA

Llano Uplift proposed AVA

Hickory Sands District proposed AVA

Within the proposed Llano Uplift AVA,
within the Texas Hill Country AVA.

Hickory Sands District: the petitioners’ proposed boundary A finely traced irregular boundary on historical USGS survey maps. North is up. The proposed revision is shown, not an established AVA. A five kilometer scale appears at the lower left. 05 km N

Petitioners’ proposed revision
USGS historical survey maps · Display line simplified

The ground sets the line

01 / Formation

Hickory Sandstone
Member of the
Riley Formation.

Sand laid down in a Cambrian sea.
Roughly half a billion years ago.

02 / Elevation

1,500 feet.
And higher.

Sandy, well-drained ground.
Drawn to leave most of the granite outside.

03 / Scale at petition

Nine vineyards.
About 190 acres.

Follow the boundary
Sandy ground, small stones and dry stems, photographed close to the surface.
Sandy ground near Mason, Texas.

Below the surface

Sand above.
Water beneath.

The Hickory Aquifer lies below this ground.

Read the land

Further in

The vineyardsA register of growersThe recordMaps, documents & open dataJournalNotes from the district