The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater
Walla Walla Valley American Viticultural Area
The appellation
- Location
- Wholly enclosed within the Walla Walla Valley AVA
- Share of valley plantings
- 11%
- Top varieties
- Syrah 40%, Cabernet Sauvignon 32%, Merlot 10%
- Soil
- Type 3: basalt cobblestone gravels
Source: Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance, AVA Fact Sheet (2018 ed.). Every figure above is the Alliance’s, not our own measurement.
Mapped here
We have not cached the Rocks District boundary, so this is not a point-in-polygon count. It is the 43 named vineyards a Walla Walla winery’s own website places in the Rocks District (their sourcing edges resolve to this AVA), out of 45 distinct sourcing-edge references (2 could not be matched to a vineyard row). 11 of them have an OpenStreetMap parcel, about 421 acres mapped.
Vineyards
43 vineyards named as sourcing from the Rocks District (of 45 distinct sourcing-edge references; 2 unmatched to a vineyard row).
Armada Vineyard, Belle Roche, Cailloux Vineyard, Carbondale Vineyard, Coccinelle Vineyard, Crossfire, Daedalus, Eidolon Vineyard, En Cerise Vineyard, En Chamberlin Vineyard, Forcefield, Funk Estate Vineyard, Holy Roller, Icarus, In The Rocks, Las Canteras, Le Mani Vineyard, LeFore Vineyard, Les Collines Vineyard, Los Rocosos Rocks District Vineyard, Maison Bleue Estate Vineyard, Naravane Estate Vineyard, Noble Rock, Orselli Vineyard, Petite Roche, Petros Estate Vineyard, Proper Estate Vineyard, Resurgent Vineyards, RockBar Vineyard, Rockgarden Estate, Rotie Rocks Estate, San Tommaso Vineyard, SJR Vineyard, Southwind, Stellar Vineyard, Stones Speak Estate Vineyard, Stoney Vine Vineyard, Waliser Vineyard, Watermill Winery Estate Vineyard, Wheatfield Vines Vineyards, Winesap Road Vineyard, Winesap Vineyards, YellowJacket Vineyard
Wineries that name this appellation
29 wineries name The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater as a source on their own site or Alliance profile.
Balboa Winery, Bledsoe|McDaniels Winery, Cimento Wines, Clos Clavier, Cougar Crest Winery, Dama Wines, Delmas Wines, Devison Vintners, Doubleback Winery, Ducleaux Cellars, Dusted Valley Winery, Force Majeure Vineyards, Gård Estate Wines, Leonetti Cellar, Los Rocosos Vineyards, Maison Bleue Winery, Moonbase Cellars, Northstar Winery, R|A Family Wines, Rasa Vineyards, Rotie Cellars, Saviah Cellars, Seven Hills Winery, Sleight of Hand Cellars, The Walls Vineyards, Valdemar Estates, Walla Walla Vintners, Watermill Winery, Zerba Cellars