Jumilla (wine region)
Jumilla is a wine-growing area with Designation of Origin ( DO since 1966) in the Murcia region , the southernmost part of the Levant in Spain . It is named after the city of Jumilla . The total vineyard area is 41,300 ha. The climate is strongly continental; the annual rainfall is only 300 mm and the summer temperatures are often 40 ° C. Traditionally, alcoholic, simple wines were produced there. The wine was often sold in barrels and was used by other regions to add more color and alcohol to their own wines. At the end of the 1980s (around 100 years later than in France and northern Spain) the area was devastated by phylloxera . This forced the winemakers to plant new ones and was generally used to plant better grape varieties and to raise the quality standard. Jumilla is home to the Monastrell variety , which today still controls over 85% of the vineyard area.
Although the export share of simple wines from Jumilla is already high, word is only now getting around in Spain that this area also produces high-quality wines with a good price-performance ratio.
Well-known producers are Julia Roch e Hijos, Bodegas 1890, Casa Castillo, Casa de la Ermita, Bodegas Agapito Rico, Induvasa, Finca Luzon, Madurada.
literature
- John Radford: The New Spain. A complete guide to contemporary Spanish Wine. Mitchell Beazley, London 1998, ISBN 1-85732-254-1 .
- Jan Read: Spain's Wines 2005/06. 7th, revised, updated edition. Hallwag im Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7742-6962-9 .
- Jeremy Watson: The new & classical Wines of Spain. Montagud Editores, Barcelona 2002, ISBN 84-7212-087-2 .