---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.292"
title: "27"
number: "9.292"
heading: "Comptche."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.292"
---

# §9.292. Comptche.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Comptche”. For purposes of [part 4](/cfr/27/part4.md) of this chapter, “Comptche” is a term of viticultural significance.
- (b) **Approved maps.** The one United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 scale topographic map used to determine the boundary of the viticultural area is titled Comptche, California (provisional edition 1991).
- (c) **Boundary.** The Comptche viticultural area is located in Mendocino County, California. The boundary of the Comptche viticultural area is as described as follows:
  - (1) The beginning point is on the Comptche map at the intersection of a north-south tributary of the Albion River and an unnamed improved road known locally as Comptche Ukiah Road, [section 12](/cfr/27/12.md), T16N/R16W. From the beginning point, proceed northwest in a straight line, crossing an unnamed, unimproved road known locally as Surprise Valley Road, to the 400-foot elevation contour, [section 12](/cfr/27/12.md), T16N/R16W; then
  - (2) Proceed north, then easterly along the 400-foot elevation contour to its intersection with an unnamed, unimproved road southeast of the marked 517-foot peak in [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T16N/R16W; then
  - (3) Proceed southeasterly along the unnamed, unimproved road to its intersection with an unnamed, unimproved road known locally as Surprise Valley Road, [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T16N/R16W; then
  - (4) Proceed northeasterly along Surprise Valley Road to its intersection with an unnamed, unimproved road known locally as North Fork Road, [section 1](/cfr/27/1.md), T16N/R16 W; then
  - (5) Proceed northwesterly along North Fork Road to its intersection with an unnamed, unimproved road known locally as Docker Hill Road in [section 36](/cfr/27/36.md), T17N/R16W; then
  - (6) Proceed north along Docker Hill Road to its intersection with the 400-foot elevation contour, [section 36](/cfr/27/36.md), T17N/R16W; then
  - (7) Proceed easterly along the 400-foot elevation contour to its intersection with the North Fork of the Albion River in [section 37](/cfr/27/37.md), T17N/R15W; then
  - (8) Continue in a generally southerly direction along the 400-foot elevation contour to its intersection with an unnamed intermittent creek in [section 6](/cfr/27/6.md), T16N/R15W; then
  - (9) Proceed south in a straight line to the 400-foot elevation contour, [section 6](/cfr/27/6.md), T16N/R15W; then
  - (10) Proceed southeasterly, then north, then southeasterly along the meandering 400-foot elevation contour to its intersection with the Albion River in [section 8](/cfr/27/8.md), T16N/R15W; then
  - (11) Proceed westerly along the Albion River to its intersection with a north-south tributary in [section 12](/cfr/27/12.md), T16N/R16W; then
  - (12) **Proceed northeasterly along the tributary, returning to the beginning point.**
- (d) **Exclusion.** The Comptche viticultural area as described in this section is not included within the North Coast viticultural area as described in [§ 9.30](/cfr/27/9.30.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[TTB-2023-0003; T.D. TTB-192, 89 FR 24380, Apr. 8, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-60, 44 FR 56692, Oct. 2, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[TTB-2023-0003; T.D. TTB-192, 89 FR 24380, Apr. 8, 2024]