Old Vines Monastrell
D.O. Yecla

Our Flor del Montgó Old Vines Monastrell is from the D.O Yecla region in the southeast of Spain. The region lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the central plateau and so has a dry Mediterranean climate with hot summers and cold winters. With Monastrell being the indigenous variety of Yecla it is also by far the most widely cultivated variety, covering more than 80% of the total plantation in the region. Although EU funding has made re-plantation attractive for the growers, many of these more than 50 year old Monastrell bush vines are still perserved. What is even more impressive is that of these Old Monastrell Bush Vines, several have not been grafted onto phylloxera resistant rootstocks. These ungrafted vines are known locally as “Pie Franco”.