The presence of DOP Jumilla wines in the Albacete Fairdeclared of international tourist interest, will be constant during the week of the Fair. The Albacete Fair is the most anticipated time of the year by the vast majority of Albacete residents and a historical event, with centuries of history.
One more year, Castilla-La Mancha Media will be present at the Fair site with a marquee open to the public where you can enjoy a tasting of the new promotional wines from the Regulatory Council DOP Jumilla, tomorrow, Tuesday, September 10, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and from 8:00 p.m. until closing, all interested parties will be able to visit the stand to taste the new white, rosé and red wines from the 2023 vintage of the House. CRDOP Jumilla.
The following day, Wednesday September 11, Jumilla DOP wines will be the stars of the “The Gun of La Tribuna“, the annual celebration of the newspaper that brings together all of Albacete, bringing together representatives from all sectors of the city and province in the Arbor Festival Park, near the Water Interpretation Center.
The wines that will be tasted that day at the social event par excellence of the Albacete Fair belong to different DOP Jumilla wineries, whose company name is in the province of Albacete: Bodegas San Dionisio, Bodegas Ontalba, Bodegas Santiago Apóstol, Bodegas Pío del Ramo. , Bodega Torrecastillo and Finca Monastasia, from the municipalities of Fuente-Álamo, Ontur, Albatana and Montealegre del Castillo. The event is expected to be attended by the vice-president of CRDOP Jumilla, Eloy Sánchez Constán, accompanying representatives of all sectors at the local, provincial and regional level who do not want to miss this traditional festival, which for decades has become a mandatory event.
The presence of Jumilla DOP wines will end next Saturday 14th at Tent of the Illustrious Official College of Physicians of Albacete and the Biotyc Foundationon the day dedicated to Hellín, in the presence of its mayor, Manuel Serena, the tourist councilor, María Dolores Ráez, the vice president of the Campos de Hellín Association, as well as the general director of health care of SESCAM Hellín and the medical and economic management of the Hellín Hospital. On that day, a sommelier will offer all participants a tasting of DOP Jumilla wines, which will end with a lunch accompanied by DOP Jumilla wines, white, rosé and red.
The Jumilla DOP includes 6 municipalities in Albacete which represent 60% of the vineyard area and 10 wineries out of the 39 that currently make up the appellation. The municipalities of Tobarra, Montealegre del Castillo, Hellín, Fuente-Álamo, Ontur and Albatana, as well as the municipality of Jumilla, in the Region of Murcia, are united by a common heritage and the cultural imprint of the Iberians, Romans and Arabs. This cultural imprint is evident in sites, buildings and monuments throughout our territory, such as the Dolls of Ontur, the Lady of the Offerings of Cerro de los Santos or the Archaeological Park of Tolmo de Minateda.
THE production areaat altitudes ranging from 320 to 980 metres and crossed by mountain ranges of up to 1,380 metres, and more than 20,000 hectares of vineyards, mostly dry and glass, located on predominantly limestone soils.
The total number of old vineyards in the Jumilla PDO It represents more than 15% of the surface areathe Monastrell grape variety being the majority (90% of the old vineyard). It is estimated that a large part of this old vineyard is planted without grafting, at least 1,000 hectares, emphasizing that 89% are Monastrell, 6% Airén and 3% Garnacha Tintorera.
The climatic characteristics, with little rainfall that barely reaches 300 mm per year and more than 3,000 hours of sunshine, allow ideal conditions for organic cultivation, the majority of which is found in this designation of origin.
