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OF THE CAVA

PARELLADA
Synonyms: montónega or martorella often used in the production of cavas, on its own or along
It is cultivated in higher areas of Catalonia. It is the with other varieties. It has an early budding and maturing.
finest grape and, therefore, the most difficult to work
with. The wines, with low alcohol content, are pale, MALVASÍA
with delicate aromas and slight body, therefore they are Synonyms: Subirat Parent, arinto do dao, assario CAVAS & OTRAS BURBUJAS
normally accompanied at least by the variety xarel.lo. Of branco, blanco fino, blanca roja, blanquirroja, boal
the three it is the latest in budding and maturing and, cachudo, malmsey, malvasía canaria, malvasía fina,
like xarel.lo it has thick skin which makes it resistant to malvasía riojana (the name it is known by in La
Botrytis. In the wine it adds interesting floral hints. Rioja), rojal, subirat and tobia
It gave its name to the most famous sweet wine of the
CHARDONNAY Middle Ages, although today its kingdom in the Mediterranean
It comes from Burgundy and has become the most area has been reduced to Italy, Portugal (it is the strong
valued white grape in the world. Its wines are very component of Madeira) and Spain. Considered to be nobler
aromatic and provide very good results in wood due to its than muscatel, it produces very aromatic white wines with a
high dry extract, glycerine and its low level of oxidation. characteristic, fine bitterness. Its enormous personality fosters
It is precisely due to its aromatic richness that it is very its recovery both in Mediterranean and interior regions.

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