The Virgen Pobre Cooperative from Jalon introduces the new muscatel Bahia de Denia to society

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Created on Friday, 06 June 2008 21:45

Last Updated on Friday, 22 July 2011 18:06

Written by Javier Carceller

It is the essence of the Muscatel grape from Alexandria that was cultivated in the lands of Denia and the Marina Alta in Roman times, the same that blended with the American grape of the same variety around the middle of last century.

The virgin lands of Alcalali, Jalon and Lliber, still safe from the ravages of construction, vigorously maintain the production of those grape shoots with which it is made. The latest technological advances and the work of enologists have given it the final touch.

It is the new sweet wine Bahia de Denia, the next generation of the dry wine of the same name that the Virgen Pobre Cooperative from Jalon presented two years ago at the Centre for Tourist development.

The final result is an aromatic wine, with an achieved balance between acidity and natural sugars and a carbonic touch that exalts, without oxidizing, the same essence of the much loved Muscatel.

The new headquarters of the Centre for Tourist Development of the Marina Alta, directed by Pepe Vidal, yesterday hosted the presentation of this table wine, ideal to combine with foies, cheeses, appetizers and even deserts.

The cooperative’s vice-president open fire to express to the audience the effort involved in re-popularizing the Muscatel which is cultivated with such zeal in the interior of the region, and he assured that this new product “is the child of our eyes, and we hope it is appreciated as such by our caterers and landlords”.

The Mayoress, Paqui Viciano, gathered her parliament before the wine tasting, in the fact that the municipalities of the interior of the region had chosen the name of Denia to commercialize this Muscatel fruit “as it is another way of regionalizing us”.

The cultural representative, Josep A. Gisbert, who recalled the ties that the region has maintained with the Moscatel grape since the roman days to date. Gisbert wanted Jalon or Lliber to protect these vineyards and to preserve this “magic pact with nature”.

Javier Carceller