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 coloured and powerful reds with a deep colour, firm tannins and high acidity, on aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, garrigue, pepper, liquorice and balsamic notes. Old vines (>50 years, often centenary) yield exceptional cuvées. A historical pillar of Languedoc-Roussillon blends (Corbières, Minervois, Fitou, Maury) and star of Catalan Priorat under the name Cariñena. Very late-ripening variety from Aragon, also called Mazuelo in Rioja.
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 shrimp in red sauce, beetroot and cream cheese verrines or fried rice with vegetables.
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.
