Wine Law & Business Flashcards
What sweetness level can Cava GR, Cava de Paraje Calificado be?
-brut
-extra brut
-brut nature
Cava requirements?
-9m on lees
Cava flavours?
-light-med intensity
-lemon, apple, herbal
-biscuit, brioche
-reserva= more autolytic
-GR= toasty, smoky, autolytic
What is Cava de Guarda?
-young cava DO category
-9m on lees
What are the ageing laws for the different cateogires?
-Cava de Guarda Superior:
(^ and Cava Reserva= 18m)
-Cava GR= 30m
-Cava de Paraje Calificado= 36m
What are the requirements for Cava de Guarda Superior?
-vines min 10 yrs old
-certified organic
-max yields of 10 tonnes per ha
-traceable from vy to bottle
-state the year of harvest
-may also use ‘100% Integral Producer’ if carries out WM process itself
Which 2 companies produce the biggest amount of cava, and what is the %age?
-Freixenet and Codorniu
-75%
The Consejo de Regulador administers 4 separate registers regarding the whole production process of cava. They are?
-growers
-producers of base wine
-storekeepers of base wine
-cava producers
What is the market for cava?
-1/3= Spain
-2/3= export
What have the shipments been like recently?
-1980-2010= grew rapidly
-plateaued since then
-Germany, Belgium, UK, USA
What are the other developments in Spanish Sparkling wine?
-Penedes DO= classic Penedes
=certified organic grapes grown in DO
-trad meth w min 15m ageing on lees
And another?
-Rioja DOCa- approved use of name of Rioja for sparkling wines within new category
=Espumoso de Calidad de Rioja (Quality Sparkling Wine of Rioja)
-must be hand harvested
-trad meth
-3 tiers= crianza, (15 m)
-reserva (24m)
-gran anada (36m)
Corpinnat?
-high quality producers left Cava DO and founded producer group Corpinnat
-commits members to making sparkling wines by trad meth w 100% organic grapes grown in Penedes
-hand harvested
-vinified entirely on premises of winery
=labelled Corpinnat
-3 categories w diff ageing
