Jumilla

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• A transition zone between the La Mancha plain and the Mediterranean lands of the Levante, with vineyards ranging from 320 to 900 m in altitude. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The climate combines drought, intense summer heat, and spring frosts—conditions that are decisive for varietal adaptation.
• The high temperatures of the zone give the wines a medium to very high color intensity, which can border on opacity.
• The production zone covers 22,700 ha spread across two provinces: 60% in Albacete and 40% in Murcia. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Monastrell, the principal variety, is 'perfectly adapted to the harsh conditions of the zone (drought, intense summer heat, and spring frosts)'.
• Monastrell wines achieve 'a medium to very high color intensity, which can border on opacity' due to the high temperatures of the zone.

• Full, fleshy wines with good alcoholic richness, acidity, and a fruity character (ripe fruit) with well-integrated astringency.
• Color of medium to very high intensity, bordering on opacity, as a result of the effect of the zone's high temperatures on Monastrell.

• Monastrell's adaptation to drought, heat, and frost yields fleshy, alcoholic, fruit-forward (ripe fruit) wines with integrated astringency.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the the specification.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-ES-A0109
• Official trade body site — C.R.D.O.P. Jumilla