Luzón Colección Monastrell 2025

In the Philippines, specifically in the extreme north of the archipelago, is the island of Luzon. Generally, this island is one of the largest in the world, and specifically it’s also the largest and most populated in the Pacific. And this is where the story of Luzón Colección Monastrell, a young red wine from the D.O. Jumilla (north of Murcia) begins. How does a red wine made in southeastern Spain come to be related to an island paradise in the middle of the sea? The main thread and driver of this story is José de Molina, a military man and commander of the Royal Armies, who was stationed in the Spanish colony of Manila. After a few years of service, he decided to return to the lands of Murcia where he was born, and there he bought a farm which he christened Luzón farm (he mustn’t have had very bad memories of the island). That happened in 1841. Today, almost two centuries later, the Luzón winery continues its activity as one of the oldest in the area. Here, the 1,200 hectares of