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- Instance of
- alcoholic beverage
- Subclass of
- sparkling wine
- Country
- Spain
- Country of origin
- Spain
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- DO Cava locator map.svg
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- native label
- Cava
- product certification
- Denominación de Origen
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- Cava
- Commons category
- Cava (Spanish wine)
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Encyclopedic overview
A glass of white cava Cava (Catalan: [ˈkaβə], pl. caves; Spanish: [ˈkaβa], pl. cavas) is a sparkling wine of denominación de origen (DO) status from Spain. It may be white (blanco) or rosé (rosado).
The Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel·lo are the most popular and traditional grape varieties for producing cava. Chardonnay and Malvasia are also permitted. Authorized red grapes are Garnacha tinta, Monastrell, Trepat, and Pinot Noir. Only wines produced in the traditional method may be labelled "cava"; those produced by other processes may only be called "sparkling wines" (vi escumós).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cava” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.