Parellada (par-ah-YA-da)

By Karen MacNeil
December 11, 2018

The most refined of the three grapes used to make cava, Spanish sparkling wine.

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What does the word saignée mean in French?

A. Running

B. Bleeding

C. Blending

D. Staining

Saignée is the process of “bleeding” or drawing pink juice off red grapes soon after fermentation begins. This process–which is widely used to make rosé–also results in concentrating the remaining red wine, since the ratio of skins to juice in the tank is increased when some pink juice is drawn off.

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