Cava DO

Question 1

Qualifications for Cava de Guarda superior

Answer 1

Find at least 10 years old
farmed organically
Max yield 10 tons/ha
vintage dated
traceable from vine to bottle
18 mos on lees from day of tirage

Question 2

authorized grapes for Cava

Answer 2

Blanco:

Parallada
Macabeu
Xarel-lo (recommended)

Chardonnay
Malvasia (authorized)

Tinto:

Monastrell
Pinot Noir
Garnatxa Negre
Trepat (only used for rosé)

Question 3

Zones of Cava

Answer 3

Comtats de Barcelona
Valle del Ebro
Vinedos de Almenralejo
Zona de Levante

Question 4

places other than Penedes DO for Cava

Answer 4

Emporda (Catalonia)
Terragona

Carinena (Aragon)
Campo de Borja (Aragon)
Utiel-Requena (Valencia)

Ribera del Guadiana (Extremadura) (Bodegas Inviosa)

La Rioja

Granada (Andalucia)

Question 5

Biggest producer of single vineyard sparkling wine

Answer 5

Freixenet

Question 6

What year did Raventos introduce metodo tradicional sparkling to spain

Answer 6

1872

Question 7

Birthplace of Cava

Answer 7

San Sadurni d’Anoia (Alt Penedes)

Question 8

styles of cava produced

Answer 8

Escumos/espumoso (Blanc and Rosat)
Cava de Guarda
Cava de Guarda Superior
Reserva
Gran Reserva
Cava de Paratge Qualificat

Question 9

Main town of Cava

Answer 9

San Sidurni di Anoia

Question 10

Qualifications for cava de paratge qualificat (Cava de Paraje Calificado)

Answer 10

Hand harvested
Vintage dated
Vines must be 10 years old
36 months tirage
TA is 5.5 g/l
no acidification
brut, extra brut, brut nature

Question 11

Basic aging requirements for Cava

Answer 11

Cava: 9 mos lees
Reserva: 18 mos lees (Cava de Guarda Superior also)
Gran Reserva: 30 mos lees
Cava de Paratge (Paraje) 36 mos lees

Question 12

Max Alc for Cava DO

Answer 12

10.8%-12.8%

Question 13

Raventos is founding winemaker for this house

Answer 13

Cordoniu

Question 14

Widest spanning non contiguous appellation DO in Spain

Answer 14

Cava

Question 15

Zones of Cava map

Answer 15

Question 16

What was the gyropalette called in the 1970s Spain when it was first employed by Coroniu?

Answer 16

Girasol: still required a person to turn it

Question 17

This grape is only permitted in cava for Rosé

Answer 17

Trepat

Question 18

What is Corpinnat?

Producers of Corpinnat:

Answer 18

Means “Heart of Penedes”
Formed in 2015
Corpinnat producers must make wines from 100 percent organic, sustainable vineyards that have been harvested by hand. The wines must be made within the Corpinnat territory, entirely vinified on their winery premises, aged for a minimum of 18 months, and they must contain a minimum of 90 percent indigenous grapes.

Producers: Gramona, Mas Candi, Recaredo, Torello, Illopart, Sabaté i Coca

Question 19

Who makes “D. Kripta”

Answer 19

Agusti Torello Mata

Question 20

Original name for Cava

Answer 20

champaña

second half of the 19th century also saw the birth of Spanish traditional method sparkling wine—champaña, now known as Cava—at San Sadurní d’Anoia.

1872 Raventos

Question 21

When did Manuel Raventós purchase his land for the Raimat estate in Costers del Segre (Catalonia)

Answer 21

1914

over sixty years later, after a transformation of the parched land through canal construction and agricultural restoration, his estate produced its first commercial vintage.

Question 22

This grape does best in Alt Penedes

Answer 22

Parellada grape, one of the principal grapes in the Cava sparkling blend.

Question 23

__% of Cava is produced in the region of Penedès

Answer 23

95%

Question 24

Cava’s authorized white grapes

Answer 24

Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabéo (Macabeu), Malvasía (Subirat), and Chardonnay

Question 25

This grape of Cava thrives in the Medio Penedes

Answer 25

Ull de Llebre (Tempranillo) thrives in the Medio-Penedès

Question 26

These grapes are planted in the lower vineyards of the Baix-Penedès

Answer 26

Sturdier Mediterranean red grapes like Garnacha (Garnatxa) and Monastrell

Question 27

In the Baix Penedes, Malvasía de Sitges is a historical specialty of the region nearly consigned to the dustbin of history. As a sweet fortified wine, Malvasía de Sitges recently received the coveted Slow Food “presidia” status. What producers are championing this category?

Answer 27

Vega de Ribes and the charity Hospital de Sant Joan Baptista

Question 28

These grapes are authorized for Cava (red and white)

Answer 28

Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabeu, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Garnacha Tinta, Monastrell, Trepat (rosé only) and Malvasia (Subirat)

Question 29

Bottles of Cava always have this on the cork

Answer 29

Four pointed star

Question 30

In Allela DO (Catalonia) Xarel-lo is known as this

Answer 30

Pansà Blanca

Question 31

Full name of Josep Raventos

Answer 31

Josep Raventós i Fatjó (of Cordoniu Raventós) | Made the first traditional method sparkling wine using Macabeo, Xarel-lo

Question 32

In Catalonia, early iterations of Cava would bear this name

Answer 32

Xampany or Champán

Question 33

in this year, the term "Cava" meaning cellar, was born and implemented

Answer 33

1970

Question 34

Cava can be vinified in these 7 autonomias in Spain

Answer 34

Catalonia Valencia Aragon Basque Country La Rioja Navarra Extremadura

Question 35

This grape of Cava is primarily seen in Valencia

Answer 35

Monastrell

Question 36

Most planted grape and most common component of Cava

Answer 36

Macabeo

Question 37

What is Parellada used for in Cava?

Answer 37

To soften acidity, add breadth and structure

Question 38

What does Xarel-lo do to a blend in Cava

Answer 38

strengthens the wine, adds earthy flavors, broadens mid palate, extends aging potential

Question 39

Producers of Corpinnat

Answer 39

Gramona, Sabaté i Coca, Mas Candí, Ilopart, Torelló, Nadal, Can Feixes, Recaredo, and Julia Bernet.

Question 40

President of the The Association of Wine Producers and Growers Corpinnat (2015)

Answer 40

Ton Mata, director at Recaredo

Question 41

What year did Penedes become a DO

Answer 41

1960

Question 42

What is Penedes Martím?

Answer 42

Baix Penedes (up tp 250 meters)

Question 43

What is Penedes Mitja

Answer 43

(Middle Penedes) 250-500 meters All Cava grapes plus Tempranillo and Bordeaux varieties are successful here

Question 44

Another name for Alt Penedes

Answer 44

Penedes Superior 500-850 meters at Monserrat mountain range

Question 45

First 100% Organic sparkling wine DO in the world

Answer 45

DO Penedes (2014) “Clàssic Pénedes” Also must be reserva level: 15 mos on lees Ancestral method is a variant: aged at least 4 years, natural cork

Question 46

Aging requirements for Classic Penedes (Penedes DO, for organic grapes with 3.5 bars of pressure):

Answer 46

Classic Penedès: min. 15 months prior to disgorgement (all vines are technically "Reserva") Reserva3, Reserva4, etc. to Reserva15 can be used on the label to indicate a longer lees aging period of 3 to 15 years. Ancestrale Method: min. 15 months. Wines aged on lees for 4 years or more can be release without disgorgement with "No Dejorhat" or "No Degollat".