Wine region
Cava
Cava is a wine region in Spain, home to 104 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
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Cava's 104 wineries produce predominantly white wine; wines carry DO designation.
About the Cava region
- Location
- About 95% of all cava is produced in the Penedès area in Catalonia, Spain, with the village of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia being home to many of the largest Catalan production houses.
- Climate
- The Cava area has low rainfall, averaging 500 mm annually, with precipitation more frequent in autumn and spring.
- Soils
- The Cava production area’s soils are described as mostly limestone-based, relatively clayey, low in organic material and generally not very fertile.
Region facts sourced from Official Journal of the European Union, Cava (EUGI00000006393), Official Journal C, C/2026/241, 13.1.2026, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Wikipedia contributors, "Cava (Spanish wine)", Wikipedia, revision 1362011166, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Wine profile
Cava is predominantly a white-wine region (about 78% of its wines).
344 distinct Cava wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White268 · 78%
- Rose73 · 21%
- Red2 · 1%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Cava wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Dominio de los Duques — Brut
- Pere Ventura — Tresor Reserva
- Mascaro — Cuvee Antonio Mascaro Gran Reserva Brut Nature
- Pere Mata — Cupada Rose
- Raventos i Blanc — Manuel Raventos Negra Brut
- Roger Goulart — Reserva Brut
- Artiga — Damia Rose
- Paco & Lola — Lola Brut
Quality designations
Wines here carry DO status — a controlled quality designation.
- DODenominación de Origen — Spain's controlled-origin designation.
Spain wine designations
- DO
- Denominación de Origen is a Spanish traditional term for wine protected as a DOP that also satisfies additional national requirements.
- DOCa
- Denominación de Origen Calificada is a Spanish traditional DOP term requiring all Denominación de Origen conditions plus additional controls.
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- Vino de calidad de
- Vino de calidad de is a Spanish traditional term that may appear on eligible wine protected by a DOP.
- VP
- Vino de Pago is a Spanish traditional DOP term for wine from a named rural site with distinctive soil and microclimate characteristics.
- VT
- Vino de la Tierra is the Spanish traditional term used for wine protected by an IGP.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
Explore Cava
Ways to browse Cava — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 344 wines tracked above):
- White Cava (268)
- Rose Cava (73)
How to choose a good Cava wine
Look for the DO designation — it signals a controlled-origin Cava wine.
FAQs
- Where is Cava?
- About 95% of all cava is produced in the Penedès area in Catalonia , Spain , with the village of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia being home to many of the largest Catalan production houses.
- What do the designation terms on Cava wines mean?
- DO: Denominación de Origen is a Spanish traditional term for wine protected as a DOP that also satisfies additional national requirements. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Cava?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Cava wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Cava?
- The current regional catalogue contains 344 linked wines from 104 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.