The Jumilla Designation of Origin is not a decorative badge. It is the rule that says where the grape comes from, how it is raised and what may be called Jumilla wine. The Regulatory Council watches vineyard, yields and labelling so the name is not diluted.
A territory astride two provinces
The D.O. covers Jumilla, in Murcia, and several towns in Albacete —Hellín, Tobarra, Ontur, Fuente-Álamo and Montealegre del Castillo—. The landscape is the same: bush vines, dry farming, poor soils and a sky that does not forgive. That harshness is precisely what gives wines with black fruit, tannin and highland freshness.
Monastrell as the flag
More than half the surface is planted to Monastrell. The rest —Syrah, Tempranillo, Cabernet, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and whites such as Chardonnay or Verdejo— is authorised to complete the story, not to replace it. At Delampa we have made wine under this D.O. since the house has existed: 1922.