Wine making in Bullas: Bodegas del Rosario.

In the municipality of Bullas we find elements related to the wine tradition since the Roman Domination, such as the boy with the grapes, a small sculpture that appeared in the excavations of the Roman Villa of Los Cantos in Bullas, or the seal of the Castellar, an allegory of the grape harvest. Both examples of the economy and the dedication of the inhabitants of this land. With the arrival of Islam in the Peninsula, wine production was reduced by the limitations imposed by the Koran regarding alcoholic beverages. After the Reconquest, wine reappeared and plantations and wineries were protected. From the 17th century the population of Bullas has been growing and so has its wine production again since in this land there are many wineries or cellars where excellent wines are collected and created.
Bullas offers a large number of traditional wineries that are still preserved, both in urban areas and in the countryside. Some of its cellars are still in perfect condition and are over 300 years old. Wine production in 1850 was already 1,120,000 litres. In 1950, the first cooperative among farmers is created. Throughout the 20th century, Bullas achieved official recognition of the quality and uniqueness of the region's wines with the creation of the Denomination of Origin.
Next, we will focus on Bodegas del Rosario, created in 1950, it is the largest and most productive winery in the entire area of the D.O. (Denomination of Origin) "Bullas". It preserves original facilities from that time, highlighting the main façade, the "Sala de los Mosaicos" and the cellar, with a singular use of the primitive deposits for the current conservation and maturation of the wines. With a wide range of spaces that allows to have a room dedicated exclusively to wines that are going to have some type of aging in wood.Among the wide variety of wines that this winery offers us, whether they are young, white, red, rosé, aging, sweet or gran reserva, one of the best-known brands is Las Reñas, one step above, the Niño de las Uvas range, whose name alludes to the Roman sculpture found in the area.
(by Ana García Gil, Marta García Barquero and María Sánchez Valera)
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