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During the trip on the Freixenet factory our guide has given us a lot of useful information such as some facts about Spanish Cava and how it is made.
Actually, it is interesting that according to Spanish law, cava may be produced in eight wine regions: Aragon, the Basque Country, Castile and León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Navarra, Rioja or the Valencian Community. Freixenet is produced only in Catalonia.

Like Champagne, Cava is produced in varying levels of sweetness, ranging from the dryest, brut nature, through brut, brut reserve, sec (seco), semisec (semiseco), to dolsec (dulce), the sweetest.

Sparkling wines are made under the traditional method, or méthode Champenoise. With this method the effervescence is produced by secondary fermentation. After primary fermentation, blending and bottling, a second alcoholic fermentation occurs in the bottle.
As the name suggests, this is used for the production of Champagne, but is slightly more expensive than the Charmat process.
The “Méthode Champenoise” involves allowing the wine to continue fermenting in the bottle for a period of time (months to years). The bottles are slanted down, so the yeasts eventually settled in the neck of the bottle. When the wine is ready, the bottles are kept in this position with the yeasts at the neck. Through several different processes, the neck of the bottle is frozen (only a few inches of the wine inside at the neck which contains the yeast). Then, with the yeasts trapped in a short plug of ice, the bottle can be turned upright without the yeast swirling into the wine. Then, the crown cap is removed. After all, the winemaker can top up the wine with the same wine or can give it a dose of wine with some sugar to increase fermentation or to add sweetness.

To make rosé cava, small quantities of still red wines from Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha or Monastrell (different types of grape) are added to the wine. Besides Macabeu, Parellada, and Xarello, Cava may also contain Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Subirat grapes.

http://www.spanishwine.com/information-wine/what-is-cava-wine/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_wine_production

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