From wine to Monastrell grape honey, two of the great products of our land can be united. At least that is what a Jumillano beekeeper believes various hives in plantations of Vineyards. Specifically, in those belonging to the wineries that work in the Sierra de El CarcheWithin the Denomination of Origin Jumilla. After a few months, the objective that was sought could have been achieved and thus, we would be facing a new kind of honeydew characterized by a typical Mediterranean littoral red variety. Find out more here.
How did this Monastrell grape honey come about?
All this started in order to start a study. This intended to obtain a new type of honeydew and thus, that a Monastrell grape honey. Well, the beekeeper Francisco Gras Requena has assured that this is already a reality, after an analysis has been carried out on the resulting product. The Apinevada laboratory located in Lanjarón (Granada) has been in charge of helping in this more scientific part. In part, because its director, Pepe Orantes, he was convinced of the positive result that the investigation was going to give.
And it is that, for the moment, everything points well for what would be a first Monastrell grape honey, as the beekeeper himself confirms, to this day There are only three types of honeydew. On one side is that of oak, on the other the Holm oak and there is also a third of purgon, but not of this variety ink winemaking. At the moment, some 400 kilos of honeydew, a fact that is being disseminated on social networks to promote it. Although there are still new analyzes so that the novel product can be included in the guide catalog of monofloral honeys (coming from the same flower / plant).
Thus, until that is definitively proven and can be materialized, we do know that the Monastrell grape honey offers must color similar to wine but also to jam. It has a high floral potential and a unique exquisite taste that raises its organoleptic characteristics to the level of a great product. That which could be obtained, in the same way, in the future. You already think repeat the process of the hives in The Carche, once the wineries finish the harvest, to check if there will be more of this 'vinicolizada' honey.
