Having been best known for bulk wine in the past, Spain’s Jumilla region is now making a name for its ripe and generous reds at competitive prices, with organic and single-vineyard expressions coming to the fore
Decanter The red wines of Jumilla
In association with DO Jumilla.With its generous climate, Jumilla has always been a producer of red wines, but today the styles are evolving. Andrew Black introduces the rising stars who are pioneering the region’s next generation reds and recommends bottles to try
Jumilla always made decent red wines. Decades ago Jumilla’s wines provided colour, fruit and body to boost blends produced in other more famous wine regions. The ambition of today’s generation of vignerons however is not so much to make decent, marketable products but to achieve wines of international acclaim.