🍾 Codorníu

Codorníu is a cava house in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, in the Penedès area of Catalonia. According to the house, its history goes back to 1551, the year also given in Wikidata. In 1659 the heiress Anna Codorníu married the winegrower Miquel Raventós, and the Raventós family has been linked with the house ever since.

According to the house, Josep Raventós made the first bottle of cava in Spain by the traditional method in 1872. The cellars in Sant Sadurní were designed by the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, opened in 1915 and were declared a national historic monument in 1976. The main ranges are Anna de Codorníu, the classic cavas and the reserve cavas of the Prestige line.

Cava is a wine with a protected designation of origin (PDO). The second fermentation takes place in the bottle, and the wine then stays on its lees for at least nine months; Reserva needs at least 18 months and Gran Reserva at least 30. Sant Sadurní d'Anoia lies in the Comtats de Barcelona zone.

Why it matters to you. Brut Nature, Reserva and Gran Reserva on a cava label are set by the rules, while names such as “Anna” or “Prestige” are the house's own. The WHO reminds: there is no safe level of alcohol.