Clements Hills is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in northern San Joaquin County, California within the southeastern portion of the vast Lodi appellation. Clements Hills, centered around the town of Clements, lies approximately 41 miles (66 km) southeast of Sacramento and 13 miles (21 km) east of the city of Lodi.
It was established on July 17, 2006, as the nation's 159th, the state's 100th and the county's fourth appellation by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by the Lodi American Viticultural Areas (LAVA) Steering Committee proposing a viticultural area in San Joaquin County known as "Clements Hills." The LAVA Steering Committee actually petitioned TTB in 2003 for seven new viticultural areas within the boundaries of the existing Lodi viticultural area in southern Sacramento and northern San Joaquin Counties. The seven LAVA Steering Committee petitions proposed the creation of the Alta Mesa, Borden Ranch, Clements Hills, Cosumnes River, Jahant, Mokelumne River, and Sloughhouse viticultural areas.