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The quality of Spanish wine during Roman times was varied, with Pliny the Elder and Martial noting the high quality associated with some wines from Terraconensis while Ovid notes that one popular Spanish wine sold in Rome, known as Saguntum, was merely good for getting your mistress drunk. (Ars amatoria 3.645-6). [4]
The Spanish word cava (pl.: cavas) means "cave" or "cellar", as caves were used in the early days of cava production for the preservation or aging of wine. [ 2 ] : 143–144 Spanish winemakers officially adopted the term in 1970 to distinguish their product from French champagne.
Fino ('delicate' in Spanish) is the driest and palest of the traditional varieties of sherry. The wine is aged in barrels under a cap of flor yeast to prevent contact with the air. Manzanilla is an especially light variety of fino sherry made around the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
On a wine label, the word's Grand vin may appear to help distinguish the wine from an estate's second or third wine. Gran Reserva Spanish aging designation that for red wine stipulates that it has been aged for a total of 5 years after harvest with at least 18 months in oak (in Rioja and Ribera del Duero the minimum is 24 months).
Rioja (pronounced) is a wine region in Spain, with denominación de origen calificada (D.O.Ca., "Qualified Designation of Origin," the highest category in Spanish wine regulation). Rioja wine is made from grapes grown in the autonomous communities of La Rioja and Navarre, and the Basque province of Álava. Rioja is further subdivided into three ...
This wine is called chacolí (pronounced ) in Spanish, a word that comes from the Basque txakolin. [3] The first reference to the name of this wine in Spanish was vino chacolín in a document from the Basque Country in 1520. [4] The wine is occasionally called chacoli in French. [5]
Spanish winemaking term describing a wine that is macerated with double the normal ratio of grape skins to juice. This is achieved by the winemaker bleeding off and disposing of extra juice in order to increase the ratio of grape skin and concentration of phenolic compounds .
DOCa – denominación de origen calificada ('denomination of qualified origin'), is the highest category in Spanish wine regulations, reserved for regions with above-average grape prices and particularly stringent quality controls. Rioja was the first Spanish region to be awarded DOCa status in 1991, followed by Priorat in 2003.