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DESIGNATION OF
ORIGIN JUMILLA
DO Ribera del Duero DO Rioja DO Navarra DO Somontano
Designation of Origin Jumilla is located in Southeastern Spain. It covers a wide area in Northern Murcia region and
part of the Southeastern Albacete province.
A region with a rough landscape, where vineyards stretch over a high plateau surrounded by mountains.
The vineyard is located at an altitude of 400 and 800 meters.
NAVARRA
What makes the difference between Jumilla wines’ personality and others is the so-called “terruño”, a magic LA RIOJA
combination of the grape variety, soil composition, orientation and vine pruning, as well as climatology.
Soil Vineyards CASTILLA LEÓN ARAGÓN
Soils in this Designation of Origin are brown, calcareous To talk about Designation of Origin Jumilla is talking about
and brown calcareous. Overall, they retain a good deal “monastrell” variety, being the best adapted variety
of moisture and have an average permeability, what to climate and soil conditions within this designation. MADRID
allows vines to survive to prolonged drought conditions, It stamps this personality to its wines, which represent
making good use of the water available. more than the 80 % of the designation. DO La Mancha
These soils have low organic matter content, high pH Monastrell grapevine is an upright variety, with short
and low salinity. Their texture gives them good aeration. thick vine shoots and few branches. Its leaves have a VALENCIA
five-sided leaf blade with three marked lobes. DO Valencia
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
Weather conditions in the area Its bunches are small and compact, with medium-sized
spherical blue-black berries, whose skin is thick and rich DO Jumilla
in anthocyanins. Its fleshy pulp is soft and low in tannins.
The climate in the area is continental influenced by
the proximity of Mediterranean Sea to the East and This rustic variety has a high resistance to drought,
La Mancha plateau to the West. needs good exposure to sunlight. MURCIA
Sunny and arid, with approximately 3000 sunlight Other varieties authorized:
hours per year.
With scarce and irregular rainfall and, sometimes, Red varieties
torrential downpours. Tempranillo, cencibel, garnacha tintorera, garnacha,
cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah and petit verdot.
The average annual temperature is around 16 ºC, with
cold winters reaching sub-zero temperatures, and warm White varieties
summers with temperatures rising over 40 ºC.
Airén, macabeo, Pedro Ximénez, malvasía, chardonnay,
sauvignon blanc, moscatel de grano menudo (muscat
blanc à petits grains) and verdejo.
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