The Jumilla Denominación de Origen (DO) extends over the
southeast of the province of Albacete (Castile-La Mancha, Spain)
covering the municipalities of Montealegre del Castillo, Fuentealamo,
Ontur, Hellin, Albatana and Tobarra, and the north of the region of
Murcia, including the municipality of Jumilla. There are currently
32,000 ha currently under vines in Jumilla DO, 45% of which are in
Murcia and 55% in Albacete. There are around 3,000 grape-growers
registered.
The red wines from Jumilla already had a good reputation among the
ancient Romans. During the outbreak of the phylloxera plague in the
19th century the region surprisingly escaped contamination and so
entered a period of economic expansion as wine merchants from France
came in great numbers to buy wine. For this reason the vines were never
regrafted onto resistant rootstock from the New World as was the case
in the rest of Europe. However, the phylloxera virus unexpectedly
struck in 1989, devastating the vineyards and reducing production by
60% over the next five years. Replanting and grafting was slow and
expensive but allowed the region adopt the new methods of grape growing
and wine making that were already proving successful in the
neighbouring DOs of Alicante and Almansa. Jumilla DO is one of the
oldest in Spain having acquired its official status in 1966.
Source: Wikipedia
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