Spanish Wine – A Brief Spanish Wine Review
A quick review of Spanish wine
The best known wines that come from Spain are Sherry, Rioja red wines, and the sparkling “Cava” wines. Even though their wines are not as well known internationally compared to the French or Italian wines, Spain acutally has the largest land mass dedicated to producing wines of any country in the world. However, Spain is only the third largest wine-producing country (behind France and Italy). Similar to most wine-producing European countries, Spain actually has distinct wine-making regions within the country that all fall under the laws, standards, and regulations provided under the Denominaci�n de Origen (“DO”) system that tests and evaluates each wine. There are roughly 30 distinct DO regions in Spain that are producers of Spanish wine. Spanish wines will have a label that will disclose the age of each wine, the three most common age labels are Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.
- Crianza have only aged for 2 years with at least one year spent in a cask (usually made of oak).
- Reserva have aged 3 years with 1 year spent in the cask.
- Gran Reserva have ged at least 5 years with 2 in the cask and three years in the bottle.
There are other age labels as well but, these labels are indicative of very short aging processes that are not worth mentioning. 4 types of wines are made in Spain. Red (“vinos tintos”), white (“vinos blancos”), rose (“vinos rosados”), and their well known “cava,” or “el Cava” sparkling wines.
Jake is a wine connoisseur and has recently been introduced to wines from Spain. His newfound passion for the country and the wines that come from it are something that he wants to share with the public.
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