Holiday Guide to Cava
If your budget can’t afford Champagne, and you’ve had one too many glasses of prosecco this year, consider ringing in 2013 with Spain’s popular sparkling wine, cava.
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Cava is the D.O. (Denominacion de Origen) given to sparkling wines made in the Methode Traditionelle anywhere in Spain. However, most of the finest production of Cava is made in the Penedes region in the northeast, near Barcelona. Production began there after the Phylloxera virus killed most of the red grapes that had been growing for centuries. José Raventos had the idea of planting white grapes, which thrive well in the chalky, clay-topped soil found in the Penedes, and began making Spanish sparkling wines influenced by Champagne styles. As a result, like Champagne, Cava is produced in styles with varying degrees of sweetness, vintage and non-vintage, and rosados.
For the most part, the classic Cava grapes are Macabeo, Paralleda and Xarell-lo. However, some Champagne grapes have been known to enter the mix, like Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Fun fact: Macabeo is fairly bland on its own, but its large percentage in the blend is attributed to the very guarantee of its existence. Because it Read more »
Popular wines made in Cava under $20
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Campo Viejo Cava Brut Rose
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Jaume Serra Brut Cava
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Cristalino Brut Rose Cava
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Juve Y Camps Reserva de la Familia Cava
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Conde de Caralt Cava Brut
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Juve Y Camps Brut Reserva de la Familia Cava
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Varietals Produced in Cava View all
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Macabeo
Macabeo is Spain’s most widely planted grape. From there, it has made its way to southern France’s Roussillon region,...
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Parellada
Common synonyms: Martorella, Montonec, Montonech, Montonega, Montonego, Montoneo, Montonero, Parellada blanc, Perel...
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Pinot Noir
“With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...
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Tempranillo
History of the grape: Origins of Tempranillo are murky. It could be indigenous to the Spanish countryside, or it coul...
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Grenache
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August 2012
Freixenet Cava Brut Nature Vintage Reserva 2009
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This was quite a nice cava. Nice soft nose with some notes of butterscotch. Not quite enough bite on the palate for me but the butteriness continued right through the mouth. Not aware of the value as it was a gift. Read More
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May 2012
I can't help it, I like lists! And since we are on the cusp of the ... shellfish!3. Dibon Brut Cava NVA dependably delicious and straightforward Cava with lots of grapefruit citrus and palate-perking bubbles. Made from Macabeo, Parrelada, Xarel.lo and Chardonnay.4. Diorama Terra Alta Garnatxa Blanca 2010This very unique Catalonian white offer... Read More
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April 2012
Freixenet Freix Cordon Negro Ex Dry Freix Cordon Negro Ex Dry 6 Premier NV
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No written review
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April 2012
Freixenet Cordon Rosado NV
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A great Rose Cava with deep crisp red fruit that can last for a few days without loosing any flavor. Read More
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March 2012
Attended a blind tasting last night with the OC Wine Elite and out of the ... ... is known to describe Cava, i've always associated the smell with Nebbiolo. Some of the members of the tasting were saying "Tar & Roses". I've drunk a few lower class Nebbiolo's in the past (Vietti Langhe, and cheaper Barolo's), though this was my first Barbaresc... Read More
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