Murcia Flashcards
Climate of Jumilla
Meditteranean
Vino de Licor of Jumilla is this
100% Monastrell
Three DO zones of Murcia
Bullas (BJ Yo)
Jumilla
Yecla
When did Phylloxerra come to Jumilla DO? (Murcia)
Jumilla resisted phylloxera until the 1980s, nearly one hundred years after the bug entered Spain, and the resulting vineyard decimation allowed the region’s producers to refocus, pivoting away from generic bulk wine production to the cultivation of the drought-resistant, thick-skinned Monastrell
Monastrell alone occupies over 80% of the region’s vineyards.
Most prominent grape of Yecla DO
Monastrell
Elevation of Yecla
400-800 meters, limestone
Difference in soils of Jumilla and Yecla
Jumilla is sandier
Youngest of Murcia’s DOs
Bullas
Bullas is divided into three subzones:
Northeast
Central
Western** (better quality, higher elevation)
Monastrell must comprise_% of Bullas Rosado and Red wines
60%
Only recommended white grape of Bullas DO
Macabeo
Styles of Wine produced in Yecla
White, rosado, sparkling, fortified sweet wines
Styles of wine produced in Jumilla
Red, white, rosado, sweet wine in all shades
Styles of wine produced in Bullas
white, rosado, red, sparkling, sweet fortified