The wine region of Jumilla is located in the region of Murcie of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bodegas El Nido or the Domaine Bodegas El Nido produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Jumilla are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Tempranillo and Petit Verdot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Jumilla often reveals types of flavors of oak, orange blossom or honeysuckle and sometimes also flavors of stone fruit, grass or jasmine.
In the mouth of Jumilla is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 243 estates and châteaux in the of Jumilla, producing 976 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Jumilla go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
It is a crossbreed made in 1855 by Louis and Henri Bouschet from an intraspecific crossing between Grenache noir and Petit Bouschet. The Alicante Henri Bouschet is less and less multiplied, registered however in the Official Catalogue of the varieties of vine of wine grapes list A.
red wines from the region of Jumilla go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, pasta with neapolitan sauce and mushrooms or rolled lamb shoulder with herbs.
