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Some vineyards are planted on old Redwood or Fir or Madrone forest floors.

These soils lend a 'cedery' flavor to the wine. Mendocino vineyards in the Redwood valley such as Fife Redhead clearly show this influence of 'terroir' .

Here's a great article on this fact from an Arizona paper no less.

The soil at Redhead is clearly red in color, like most redwood forest floors.