Murcia: the kingdom of Monastrell
Three designations of origin —Bullas, Jumilla and Yecla— across 35,437 hectares of vineyard, dominated by a variety that knows how to survive aridity better than any other.
Three designations, three landscapes
The Region of Murcia has excellent climatic, soil and human conditions for growing vines, with three designations of origin across a total of 35,437 hectares. Bullas covers the municipalities of Lorca and Bullas, with uneven terrain and white pebbles over red clay —probably the least known, its altitude and continental climate giving fresher wines. Jumilla, in the south-east of the province of Albacete, sits on a high plain surrounded by mountains with poor sandy-loam soils, home to the area's large, famous wineries. Yecla covers only this municipality, a small plateau between 600 and 800 metres over very deep limestone soils.
Besides the designations of origin, there are three protected geographical indications: the Vinos de la Tierra del Campo de Cartagena, de Abanilla and de Murcia.
A variety that dominates the landscape
The wines of the Region of Murcia have characteristics derived from the Monastrellvine, the red variety with small, tight bunches perfectly suited to the environmental conditions of this land —the same structural Mediterranean variety we already work with from the Terres dels Alforins.
Why we're not there yet
Murcia isn't part of the Terroir Radical catalogue yet, but it's the world's reference territory for Monastrell, and that will always interest us.
Bullas, Jumilla and Yecla, across 35,437 hectares of vineyard.
The variety best suited to the region's aridity and poor soil.
From 600 to 800 metres in Yecla, ringed by mountains in Jumilla.
A territory in exploration
We don't have wines from Murcia in the catalogue yet, but we already work with Monastrell from the Terres dels Alforins.
See Terres dels Alforins See the whole territory