Cava
Segura Viudas Reserva Heredad NV
This must be one of the most recognisable bottles of wine around, the solid metal base and metal coat of arms as the label are quite striking. Perfect for any medieval occasion you may be planning, also very handy in a bar fight.
So what is the wine like? Well, its very similar to the Vintage [...]
Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut NV
So, its the worlds best selling sparkling wine. Does that mean that its horrible rubbish? Normally I'd say yes, but after tasting this I was quite surprised. That will teach me to be a snob.
I put this in a line up with a group of 3 aussie sparklers, and guess what, this was the favourate [...]
Duc de Foix Brut Nature NV
A couple of more cavas to go before I finish up my short look at cava.There does appear to be quite a number of cavas out in the market place, the shelves of a number of retailers are loaded up with them, although it is mainly the "value" wines such as Freixenet Brut, which I [...]
Segura Viudas Brut Nature NV
It's cup weekend here in Melbourne and you probably should be drinking something with bubbles in it, even if its before 11am on Monday morning. (for our international guests, there is a big horse race in Melbourne on Tuesday called the Melbourne Cup. Its a good excuse to drink a lot of sparkling wine and [...]
Segura Viudas Brut Vintage 2001
Segura Viudas is one of the many brands of the massive Fleixenet cava house. They seem to focus on Macabeo and Parellada for their traditional house style, with a range of newer wines that feature Xarel·lo. They also have a range of still wines, that I don't think are out here as yet.
The Brut [...]
L’Hereu de Raventos i Blanc Brut Reserva 2004
I had a look at the Brut Nature version of this wine last week and from what I can work out the only real difference between these two wines is dosage, the Brut has 8.8 grams per litre of residual sugar where as the Brut nature has less than 3. Again the blend is mostly Macabeo [...]
Juve y Camps Vintage 2003 Reserva
As promised, I have a few more cavas to taste. Sure cava week is over, but it isn't the only time to drink cava. Any time is cava time, especially Wednesday afternoon.
Anyway on to the wine. The 2003 Vintage Reserva is a blend of 45% Macabeo, 35% Parellada and 20 % Xarel.lo. and sees [...]
L’Hereu de Raventos i Blanc Brut Nature Reserva 2004
I had to get at least one cava in during cava week, and this is my favorite at the moment. Brut Nature is a no dosage style that is typically very crisp and fresh.
This wine is a blend of 60% Macabeo and 20% each of Xarel-lo and parellada. The wine is aged on [...]
Cava week 2006
Trawling around the Spanish wine blogs this week discovered that it's officially Cava week this week. I'd been planning on having a look at a couple of bottles of Cava around Melbourne cup, but I'll have to step up and find a couple this week.
For the uninitiated, cava is Spanish sparkling wine and is made [...]
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