Distinctive local wines
- Valencia DO: Merseguera is a useful white reference; Moscatel de Alejandría also produces aromatic sweet wines, including fortified styles.
- Alicante Fondillón: A long-aged wine from Monastrell left to overripen on the vine. Its alcohol comes naturally from fermentation, without fortification.
- Ageing & service: Fondillón requires at least ten years in oak. Check sweetness and bottle character; an ordinary Alicante Monastrell is not automatically Fondillón.