Jones family has 5 Vineyard Units planted on Wahluke Slope:
JOW Unit 7
JOW Unit 9
JOW Unit 10
JOW Unit 11
JOW Unit 37
Unit 7 Vineyard
Summary: This vineyard is located on a south facing slope just outside of the town of Mattawa on the Wahluke Slope. Merlot, Cabernet, and Chardonnay are grown on the vineyard. We sourced our 2007 Cabernet, Merlot, and Chardonnay from this site. Unit 7 is possibly the best red wine grape site we have.
1997: Planted all 135 acres of Unit 7. Each of the three varieties makes up one third of the acreage (Merlot, Cabernet, and Chardonnay). Merlot is located on the North third, Cabernet in the middle, and Chardonnay to the South.
Elevation: 850- 900 feet
Soil : Sandy loam soil 18 inches to 24 inches deep over a gravelly caliche layer. .
Rootstock: all vines are own-rooted
Irrigation: Drip irrigation, water is from the Columbia Basin Project (Columbia River Water)
Vine Crop Management : Vines are planted 6 feet apart with 8 foot rows. Training system is a bilateral cordon with Vertical shoot positioning system. Jones of Washington acreage is thinned to 3-4 tons per acre to help the vines create grapes with ripe flavors.
Unit 9 Vineyard
Summary: This vineyard is located on a south facing slope just outside of the town of Mattawa on the Wahluke Slope. Merlot, Cabernet, Chardonnay, as well as small acreages of Sangiovese, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, and Zinfandel are grown on the vineyard. We sourced our 2007 Sangiovese from this site. Although Sangiovese is not known for having much tannin or color, this site creates a Sangiovese with tannin and color.
1997: Planted all 135 acres of Unit 9.
Sangiovese: 4.5 acres Syrah: 2 acres Cabernet Franc: 1 acre Zinfandel: 2 acres Merlot: 40 acres Cabernet : 50 acres Chardonnay: 34 acres
Elevation: 800-850 feet
Soil : Loamy Sand soil 18 inches to 24 inches deep over a gravelly caliche layer. .
Rootstock: all vines are own-rooted
Irrigation: Drip irrigation, water is from the Columbia Basin Project (Columbia River Water)
Vine Crop Management : Vines are planted 6 feet apart with 8 foot rows. Training system is a bilateral cordon with Vertical shoot positioning system. Jones of Washington acreage is thinned to 3-4 tons per acre to help the vines create grapes with ripe flavors.
Unit 10 Vineyard
Summary: This vineyard is located on a south-west facing slope just outside of the town of Mattawa on the Wahluke Slope. Merlot, Cabernet, Zinfandel, Petite Syrah, and Viognier are grown on the vineyard.
2001: Planted all 73 acres of Unit 10.
Merlot : 25 acres Cabernet: 35 acres Zinfandel: 5 acres Viognier: 5 acres Petite Syrah: 5 acres
Elevation: 800-850 feet
Soil : Loamy Sand soil 24 inches to 36 inches deep over a gravelly caliche layer.
Rootstock: all vines are own-rooted
Irrigation: Drip irrigation, water is from the Columbia Basin Project (Columbia River Water)
Vine Crop Management : Vines are planted 6 feet apart with 8 foot rows. Training system is a bilateral cordon with Vertical shoot positioning system.
Unit 11 Vineyard
Summary: This vineyard is located on a south facing slope 5 miles east of the town of Mattawa on the Wahluke Slope. Merlot, Cabernet and White Riesling are grown on this site. We sourced some of our 2005, 2006, and 2007 Cabernet from this site.
1998: planted 88 acres, 28 acres of Merlot and 50 acres of Cabernet
1999: planted 50 more acres of Cabernet 2005: grafted over 17 acres of Cabernet to White Riesling. Merlot : 28 Cabernet: 83
White Riesling: 17 acres
Soil : Some areas of Loam, but mostly sandy loam soil 18 inches to 36 inches deep over a gravelly caliche layer.
Rootstock: all vines are own-rooted
Irrigation: Drip irrigation, water is from the Columbia Basin Project (Columbia River Water)
Vine Crop Management : Vines are planted 6 feet apart with 8 foot rows. Training system is a bilateral cordon with Vertical shoot positioning system.
Unit 37 Vineyard
Summary: This vineyard is located on a west facing slope 1 mile South West of the town of Mattawa on the Wahluke Slope. Merlot, Cabernet and Syrah are grown on this site. We sourced some of our 2005, 2006, and 2007 Syrah from this site. The well drained soil allows vine growth to be regulated through irrigation and allows the wine grape grower to encourage flavor development by making vines put their effort into the fruit instead of the shoot.
1998: planted 94 acres of Syrah, 32 acres of Merlot, and 19 acres of Cabernet
Soil : This is our most well drained soil. The soil is mainly a coarse loamy sand with areas of blow sand. Soil ranges from 12 inches to 24 inches deep.
Rootstock: all vines are own-rooted
Irrigation: Drip irrigation, water is from the Columbia Basin Project (Columbia River Water)
Vine Crop Management : Vines are planted 6 feet apart with 8 foot rows. Training system is a bilateral cordon with Vertical shoot positioning system.
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