vino espumoso de calidad

Spanish · quality sparkling wine

Vino espumoso de calidad is Spanish for quality sparkling wine; the Cava specification defines Cava as one, obtained by second alcoholic fermentation in bottle.1

It is the Spanish name of the EU quality sparkling wine category, with at least 3.5 bar at 20 °C and a cuvée of at least 9% vol total alcohol.2 For Cava the specification adds the traditional method and at least nine months on lees in the same bottle.1 The rules are set out in the pliego de condiciones of the DOP. Other national names for the category: German Qualitätsschaumwein and Sekt. At EU level, Cava is registered as PDO 'Cava'.1,3 See Cava and Spain.

See also

CavaRegionsquality sparkling wineGlossaryCavaGlossarySpainRegions

Sources

  1. Consejo Regulador DO Cava. Pliego de condiciones DOP Cava
  2. legislation.gov.uk (copy of EU OJ text). Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Annex VII Part II (categories of grapevine products), original version as adopted (2013-12-17)
  3. legislation.gov.uk (copy of EU OJ text). Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (designations of origin and geographical indications), original version as adopted (2013-12-17)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19