Level 6 · Lesson 6
Spain III: Mediterranean Spain, Cava and Andalucía
16:09C46
Glossary
Terms that have earned their place
- Traditional method
- A sparkling-wine method in which the second fermentation takes place in the bottle.
- Flor
- A surface community of yeast associated with biological ageing in certain Sherry styles.
- Solera
- A fractional blending and ageing system that connects wines across successive stages.
Keep digging
Sources and further reading
- Regional terrain and grapes.
- Jumilla grape and regional context.
- Bottle fermentation, lees, riddling, disgorgement and dosage.
- Cava origin and areas.
- Original Cava history reference — currently unavailable
- Regional geography and soils.
- Fino dry biological style.
- Dry oxidative style, not automatic sweetness.
- Flor mechanism and partial solera movement.
- Sherry regulatory council — history of Sherry
- Natural Earth map-data terms — publisher restricts automated access
- Scala Dei Garnatxa — Historical 2020 distributor catalogue, PDF page 37; exact Garnatxa bottle crop.
- Juan Gil Etiqueta Plata — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Segura Viudas Brut Reserva — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Tío Pepe Fino — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Alfonso Oloroso — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Garnacha and Cariñena: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Monastrell: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Macabeo, Xarel·lo and Parellada: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Palomino: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.