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SPAIN<br />
APPELLATION<br />
ALL ¡HOLA! CAVA SPARKLING WINES ARE ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED<br />
ago, the wine industry in Spain, particularly for Cava, had a very firm rooting<br />
in tradition. We wanted to do things differently, to cast a fresh eye on the<br />
sector”. The company sought out new production methods within its home<br />
region in order to widen its scope for action.<br />
One of its main innovations involves the production process itself for the<br />
sparkling wine –¡Hola! uses the Charmat method, that had never been used<br />
in the region before. In DO Cava, the traditional method – requiring secondary<br />
bottle fermentation – has established itself as an unwavering principle, but<br />
the young winery launched a premium Charmat five years ago. The wine is<br />
produced using lengthy 90-day fermentation and has proved to be a marketing<br />
success. “We were the first, but we definitely won’t be the last, in Spain, to opt<br />
for this production procedure”. One of its main advantages is that it preserves<br />
great fruit expression and underscores unique richness.<br />
This dovetails with the company’s ultimate goal which is to showcase the<br />
region’s incredible terroir, “whilst providing different ways of interpreting<br />
the wine”. True to this ethos, ¡Hola! Cava has recently launched a low alcohol<br />
sparkling wine and a Cava-based spritz, offering the ultimate examples of how<br />
to reinvent a category.<br />
WINTER 2023 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE <strong>FR</strong>ENCH EXPERTS ON WINE<br />
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