{"id":2128,"date":"2010-12-09T21:24:33","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T21:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2010-12-10T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T19:43:11","slug":"el-cava-champagne-espanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/el-cava-champagne-espanol\/","title":{"rendered":"El cava, champagne espa\u00f1ol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nos acercamos poco a poco a una gran festividad mundial, marcada tanto por tradiciones como por gastronom\u00eda. Pensar en turr\u00f3n, (del que ya hablaremos pronto), mantecados, mazapanes, alfajores y dulces varios, al menos a mi me hace la boca agua. Pero tambi\u00e9n hay otras delicias para el paladar que se consumen en estas fechas navide\u00f1as. Y es justo de una bebida muy apreciada en las celebraciones sobre la que quiero hablar hoy: el champ\u00e1n espa\u00f1ol, o cava.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">El champ\u00e1n naci\u00f3 en la regi\u00f3n francesa hom\u00f3nima, de mano de un monje famoso hoy d\u00eda, Dom Pierre P\u00e9rignon. \u00c9l cre\u00f3 el m\u00e9todo para obtener vino espumoso, y acert\u00f3 a conservar las burbujas usando un corcho como tap\u00f3n. Cuenta la leyenda que esta idea la obtuvo de unos peregrinos espa\u00f1oles que pararon en su convento. Estos tapaban los c\u00e1ntaros donde transportaban la bebida con planchas de corcho. En Espa\u00f1a su impulsor fue Joseph Ravent\u00f3s y Fatj\u00f3, quien a ra\u00edz de una serie de reuniones con un grupo de nobles y burgueses interesados en la producci\u00f3n del vino, comenz\u00f3 a poner en pr\u00e1ctica el m\u00e9todo de elaboraci\u00f3n franc\u00e9s. El que nosotros lo llamemos cava, y ellos champ\u00e1n, es un hecho casi anecd\u00f3tico: en 1883 Espa\u00f1a firm\u00f3 un acuerdo seg\u00fan el cual solo el champ\u00e1n elaborado en la Champagne recibir\u00eda ese nombre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Existen diversos m\u00e9todos de elaboraci\u00f3n, y la variedad de uva utilizada dar\u00e1 lugar a distintos matices en el caldo. Para obtener el burbujeante cava, el vino sufre un doble proceso de fermentaci\u00f3n. Inicialmente se prensa la uva reci\u00e9n cortada, y se mantiene en grandes recipientes, donde se producir\u00e1 una primera fermentaci\u00f3n a la temperatura adecuada. La levadura ayudar\u00e1 a transformar el mosto en vino. Cuando llegan los primeros fr\u00edos, se trasiega el vino para eliminar los sedimentos. La segunda fermentaci\u00f3n se produce ya en la botella, colocada en posici\u00f3n horizontal, en la oscuridad de la bodega. Es entonces cuando el cava adquirir\u00e1 su tono dorado tan caracter\u00edstico, al desprender gas carb\u00f3nico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tras la segunda fermentaci\u00f3n, se lleva a cabo el proceso de <em>degollamiento<\/em> (apertura de la botella de manera que pierda una peque\u00f1a cantidad de espuma), se le a\u00f1adir\u00e1 az\u00facar, y se colocar\u00e1 el tradicional corcho sujeto con un alambre. Y ya casi lo tendremos listo para disfrutar: indispensable descorchar de forma ruidosa, beberlo en copa alta (siempre enjuagada con agua limpia y sin detergente) y sobre todo, hacerlo en buena compa\u00f1\u00eda. \u00a1Salud!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Cocina TV - Cava parte 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fg0EU0Ss6wU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We are approaching a great world celebration, marked both by tradition and gastronomy. Thinking about nougat, (we will talk about that shortly), <em>mantecados<\/em>, marzipan, <em>alfajores,<\/em> and other sweets makes my mouth water. But there are some other delicacies consumed in Christmas time. And it is about a much appreciated drink for any celebration that I want to talk today: Spanish champagne, or cava.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Champagne was first crafted in the homonymous French region, by the nowadays famous monk Dom Pierre P\u00e9rignon. He created the method to obtain sparkling wine, and got to preserve the bubbles using a cork as stopper. The legend tells that he got this idea from some Spanish pilgrims who stopped by his convent. They covered the pitchers where they were transporting their drink with plates of cork. In Spain its sponsor was Joseph Ravent\u00f3s y Fatj\u00f3 who, after a series of meetings with a group of nobles and bourgeois interested in the production of the wine, started to put the French production into practice. The fact that we call it cava, and they call it champagne is almost an anecdote: in 1883 Spain signed an agreement according to which only the champagne elaborated in the Champagne region would receive this name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There are several production methods, and the variety of grape that is used will color the wine in different shades. To obtain the sparkling cava, the wine undergoes a double fermentation process. First, the freshly cut grape is pressed, and kept in big containers, where the first fermentation will take place at a suitable temperature. Yeast will help to transform the grape juice into wine. When the first cold weather arrives, the wine is decanted to get rid of the sediment. The second fermentation takes place in the bottle, stored in horizontal position, in the darkness of the cellar. It is then when cava will acquire its characteristic golden tone, when giving off CO2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After the second fermentation, the process of <em>throat-cutting<\/em> (opening of the bottle so that it loses a small quantity of foam) is carried out, sugar is added, and the traditional fastened cork will be held by a wire. And then it will be almost ready to enjoy: it is essential to uncork in a noisy way, to drink it in a tall glass (always rinsed with clean water and no detergent), and, especially, to do it in good company. Cheers!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freixenet Paz Vega\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UmTJ48M8jA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nos acercamos poco a poco a una gran festividad mundial, marcada tanto por tradiciones como por gastronom\u00eda. Pensar en turr\u00f3n, (del que ya hablaremos pronto), mantecados, mazapanes, alfajores y dulces varios, al menos a mi me hace la boca agua. 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