6. El cava


Difference between wine and cava


Difference between wine and cava The cava is fermented twice the wine only the second time it is fermented in the bottle because they throw out yeasts and sugars



Dom pérignon


in 1,670 the monk Don Pérignon improved that champagne and made the bottle thicker, put the cork stopper and a metal staple to hold it

The origin of the cava

The Romans already know sparkling wine (vinium titilium) in the fifteenth century in Paris, and one is drinking champagne in the eighteenth century, it begins to bottle havans after the first fermentation and so bubbles begin to appear.



Type of cava

Depending on the amount of sugar added to the expedition's liqueur, the following types of cava are distinguished:

gross nature, 0 to 3 grams per liter (without added sugar).

Extruded, up to 6 grams of sugar per liter.

Gross, up to 12 grams.

Extrasec, between 12 and 17 years.

Dry, between 17 and 35 grams.

Semisec, between 33 and 50 grams.

Sweet, over 50 grams.