La Jaraba

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The zone is a depression filled with sediments, crossed by the intermittent course of the Cañada de Valdelobos, which flows into the Záncara river, at an altitude of 700 metres and with no significant relief.
• The soils belong to the Quaternary, within the morphostratigraphic unit of the Guadiana Fluvial System, with a variable composition of quartzites, quartz and Mesozoic and Miocene limestones, which allows moisture to be retained for longer than in nearby more calcareous zones.
• The soils are classified as alfisols, Mediterranean red soils developed over calcareous parent material, with a pH between 7 and 8.5, good internal drainage, and caliche horizons at approximately 60–90 centimetres depth.
• The climate is temperate Mediterranean with continental characteristics, with mean annual temperatures between 14 and 16 °C and mean annual rainfall of 450 mm.
• The soils display strontium levels of 111.67 to 158.41 mg/kg, considerably higher than those of the neighbouring sites of Los Canforrales (76.59 mg/kg) and Manteleros (20.19 mg/kg).

• Organic matter is added to the soil exclusively in the form of sheep manure sourced from the estate's own livestock operation.
• Alcoholic fermentation is initiated by the indigenous microbiota of the grape, and pressing yields no more than 70 litres per 100 kg of grapes.

• After ageing in barrel and bottle, the wines show a ripe morello cherry-red colour of medium-high intensity, with aromas of red fruit and dark fruit.
• On the palate they are broad and fleshy, with notable minerality and body, and marked mineral and balsamic notes.

• The oak and pine woodland surrounding the vineyard protects it from the warm, dry Levante wind, lengthening the ripening of the grapes and contributing greater colour, tannins, and fruit aromas.
• The high strontium levels in the soils of La Jaraba contribute to producing wines with pronounced mineral and balsamic notes and broad structure.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the specification (pliego de condiciones).

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• National pliego de condiciones (PDF) — +3 varieties added
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-ES-01895
• Official trade body site — Pago de La Jaraba