Cho-CaVa de ESPANA

Vinomotions   promoted  an unique wine tasting event at the IVY Worli, Mumbai on last 19^th October’12  with Spanish Cava  and  Chocolates  aptly named  as “ ChoCaVa Party”  with lot of fun and galore  in  line with  the  true  Iberian spirit.

 

The promoters selected two  fine Cava from Spain :  Mont  Ferrant  Reserva Cava (vintage 2008)  and  Rovira Baques Cava Brut –for this  special  night  !

 

Firstly, the Mont Ferrant  Cava Brut Reserva  which  had a brilliant clear appearance of  yellow with golden tinges having  fragrances of   tropical fruit with  pastry cream  and  had a  powerful and fresh  finish in the palate. With very fine bubbles -  It   paired extremely  well  with  the “ LADY in RED “  a  dark chocolate ball with elegant raspberry truffle   inside.

  

Secondly,  the Rovira Baques Cava Brut  with  Classic  style  sparkling,  which appeared  yellow with light green and  on the nose was complex  fruity aromas   with Long acidity  in taste.  Medium size bubbles with a pleasant fizz   which   went very  nice  with  “RUM TRUFFLE”   a blend of butter ,  rum in a delicate dark chocolate ball.

 

The leading grapes used in Cava are  parellada, macabeo and  xarel-lo — which  are completely different from the pinot noir and  chardonnay in Champagne.  

The  interesting  fact is  that  both  these Cava producers  from Catalunya  region,  use the traditional sparkling wine  method  by creating the  bubbles in the fermentation  inside the bottles rather than  in large tanks  which some mass  producers  adopt for commercial reason.   

 

 The  exclusive  chocolates  from  CVADO1502  which  was paired with these  CAVA - were all  created by master chocolatiers  across   Europe  and  are   only    offered  to the members of the  Chocolate Club in India founded  by Pankaj & Pavan Nagori.   CVADO1502  get a new collection every month & never repeated.

 

 

  

 

The name CVADO1502, was  derived from the Latin word E'vado meaning 'Escape', so CVADO means 'Escape in the world of Chocolates' & 1502 is the year cocoa beans first reached Europe  by  Christopher Columbus after his fourth visit to the new world.

 

The golden   rules  of   pairing  chocolates to wines  is to tally with  similar “weight”,   so heavy flavored chocolates go with heavy wines; more delicately flavored chocolates with lighter wines.  Alternatively,  one could match the chocolates to wines with similar flavors (for example almonds, hazelnuts, cedar, spice, berries and forest fruits, creaminess, etc)  

(Mr Arturo Ortiz- Counselor:  Tourism of Spain with a friend)

  

Another interesting  Rosie which was served that night  was  “Pizzetto”  and as the name suggested it  pairs superbly  with  Pizza. This  wine gives  a wonderful feeling at the first sip  and then  a surprise  after taste sensation.      The making of  Pizzetto  follows  the same stringent principle of  second fermentation for creation of the small natural Co2.   This wine is ratified as   P3 Partner  to pair with Pizza, Pasta and Paella  since the wine washes the palate completely  and enhances the taste of  paired food.

 

Helena & Mumbai Mariachis gave an exceptionally live performance  of  flamenco jazz that  night  and kept the guest  captivated till the end- when the Master of Ceremony  Savio D’sa  took the centre stage   to shower the Question & Answer session  and give away prizes containing Spanish delicassens to the guests.    

 

Vinomotions also  offered  other Spanish  wines from their  Portfolio  like the  famous  Vina Tondonia Reserva (Vintage 2001)  from Rioja,  Red & White from Baron de Turis  and  Luz del Mediterraneo  Muscat  from Valencia.

 

This   event   was overwhemly   attended   by the    Wine and Chocolate enthusiasts, Expats of  Mumbai.      For more informations  on  Spanish Wines available in India  and CVAD01502 Chocolate Club,    you  may visit  the  following links ; www.facebook.com/vinomotions  | www.facebook.com/cvado1502