Discover the top 100 best sparkling wines of Catalogne as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sparkling wines that are popular of Catalogne and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Cradle of Cava (~95% of Spanish output, traditional method): Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada trilogy, fine fruity bubble. Quality peak in Priorat DOCa: dense, mineral reds on llicorella (schist), old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena with black fruit, garrigue notes, firm tannins. Also Penedès, fleshy Montsant, sunny Empordà, Costers del Segre. Mediterranean.
70,000 ha, 12 appellations. From Cava to great age-worthy crus.
Intensely perfumed aromatic whites with a pale golden robe and an ample palate, showing powerful signature aromas of muscat, rose, white flowers (orange blossom), exotic fruits (lychee, mango), candied citrus and honeyed notes. Vinified mainly as sweet, passito and liqueur wines. The star of Moscato di Pantelleria DOC (Sicily), Málaga DO, Setúbal DOC. The English name for Muscat d'Alexandrie, a historic aromatic variety from the eastern Mediterranean.
sparkling wines from the region of Catalogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of fried rice with shrimp and chicken, tuna spread or cod with vanilla sauce.
On the nose in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of apples, minerality or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit. In the mouth in the region of Catalogne is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
