To explain the characteristics of our vineyards we need to focus on 3 major aspects


Weather

The climate is a mixture between continental winter and Mediterranean summer, which implies a big thermal difference, from -10ºc to over 35ºc.
It is therefore, an area with very cold winters and very hot summers.


Precipitations
In the South East of Spain we have the lower rain figures across the country due, largely, to the shelter produced by the Béticas Ridges. This mountain obstacle and the proximity of the Azores anticyclone lead to long periods of drought, on this particular region of the Country.
Vines under Jumilla’s Denomination of Origin are on the borderline between dry zones and subdesert zones, with an annual rainfall average of 30 Gallons per square meter.


Soil

Predominance of brown limestone soil and sandy-texture, except where the crust limestone is very superficial, high content of calcium carbonate.
All these aspects contribute to the low production figures per vine (average of 1,5 kg), of our vineyards, which are old and mostly unirrigated.