Murcia

Question 1

Climate of Jumilla

Answer 1

Meditteranean

Question 2

Vino de Licor of Jumilla is this

Answer 2

100% Monastrell

Question 3

Three DO zones of Murcia

Answer 3

Bullas (BJ Yo)
Jumilla
Yecla

Question 4

When did Phylloxerra come to Jumilla DO? (Murcia)

Answer 4

Jumilla resisted phylloxera until the 1980s, nearly one hundred years after the bug entered Spain, and the resulting vineyard decimation allowed the region’s producers to refocus, pivoting away from generic bulk wine production to the cultivation of the drought-resistant, thick-skinned Monastrell

Monastrell alone occupies over 80% of the region’s vineyards.

Question 5

Most prominent grape of Yecla DO

Answer 5

Monastrell

Question 6

Elevation of Yecla

Answer 6

400-800 meters, limestone

Question 7

Difference in soils of Jumilla and Yecla

Answer 7

Jumilla is sandier

Question 8

Youngest of Murcia’s DOs

Answer 8

Bullas

Question 9

Bullas is divided into three subzones:

Answer 9

Northeast
Central
Western** (better quality, higher elevation)

Question 10

Monastrell must comprise_% of Bullas Rosado and Red wines

Answer 10

60%

Question 11

Only recommended white grape of Bullas DO

Answer 11

Macabeo

Question 12

Styles of Wine produced in Yecla

Answer 12

White, rosado, sparkling, fortified sweet wines

Question 13

Styles of wine produced in Jumilla

Answer 13

Red, white, rosado, sweet wine in all shades

Question 14

Styles of wine produced in Bullas

Answer 14

white, rosado, red, sparkling, sweet fortified