---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 9.97"
title: "27"
number: "9.97"
heading: "Sonoita."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/9.97"
---

# §9.97. Sonoita.

- (a) **Name.** The name of the viticultural area described in this section is “Sonoita.”
- (b) **Approved maps.** The appropriate maps for determining the boundaries of Sonoita viticultural area are seven U.S.G.S. maps. They are titled:
  - (1) **Benson Quadrangle, 15 minute series, 1958.**
  - (2) **Fort Huachuca Quadrangle, 15 minute series, 1958.**
  - (3) **Elgin Quadrangle, 15 minute series, 1958.**
  - (4) **Lochiel Quadrangle, 15 minute series, 1958.**
  - (5) **Mount Wrightson Quadrangle, 15 minute series, 1958.**
  - (6) **Sunnyside Quadrangle, 15 minute series, 1958.**
  - (7) **Empire Mountains Quadrangle, 15 minute series, 1958.**
- (c) **Bouldary—**
  - (1) **General.** The Sonoita viticultural area is located in Arizona. The starting point of the following boundary description is the summit of Mount Wrightson (9,543 feet) in the Santa Rita Mountains.
  - (2) **Boundary Description—**
    - (i) From the starting point southeastward in a straight line for approximately 24 miles, to the summit of Lookout Knob (6,171 feet) in the Canelo Hills.
    - (ii) From there in a straight line eastward for approximately 10 miles, to the summit of Huachuca Peak (8,410 feet) in the Huachuca Mountains.
    - (iii) From there north-northwestward for approximately 21 miles in a straight line to the summit of Granite Peak (7,413 feet) in the Whetstone Mountains.
    - (iv) From there west-southwestward in a straight line for approximately 26 miles, to the summit of Mount Wrightson (the point of beginning).

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-189, 49 FR 43054, Oct. 26, 1984]

### Authority

Authority: 27 U.S.C. 205.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-189, 49 FR 43054, Oct. 26, 1984]