Our take
Freixenet Brut Cordon Negro Cava Spain Sparkling Wine
- Style
- Sparkling wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Region
- Spain
- Shelf barcode
- 0033293003007

Our take
What we make of this bottle
137 shoppers have scored this sparkling wine, enough to put its rater count in the top tenth of the 483 wines with shopper scores here. The average they produce is 4.55 out of five. The median across those same wines is 4.71, and this bottle's average sits under it.
The place on the label takes some care to read. The listing's name carries the word Cava, but our origin data stops at the country level, so Spain is as precise as this page can honestly be. And Spain, the guide is quick to say, is not one place. Its vineyards run from wet Atlantic country through high inland plateaus to the Mediterranean coast and its islands; Atlantic, continental, Mediterranean, mountain and island influences all appear, and elevation can change growing conditions sharply within the same broad part of the country. A Spain label by itself establishes no single grape, climate or regional rule.
No producer account of Freixenet is on record here. Prices, we do have. Tags dated August 12, 2026, across ten stores, ranged from $9.99 to $20.49, with the rest scattered between.
Our call: it suits a shopper after a Spanish sparkling toward the inexpensive end of the sparkling wines we track, one that a larger-than-usual pool of raters has already scored. Pass if the maker's account matters to you, because none has entered our record for this bottle, or if you follow the crowd closely; its average falls below the middle of the rated wines we cover.
The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Aug 14, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.
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Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$13.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$15.99
- Ralphs, Long Beach, CA$15.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$18.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$13.99
- Smith's, Las Vegas, NV$20.49
- Kroger, Knoxville, TN$13.99
- Kroger, Richmond, VA$9.99
- Fry's, Tucson, AZ$14.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$16.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
Research status
What we are still checking
Our overview above draws on the dated store feed, shopper ratings, our region and grape research, and any sourced producer facts. We are still working to confirm the current release, the full producer record, and the bottle itself, and we update this page as we learn more.
Getting to know Spain.
Spanish vineyards extend from wet Atlantic country through high inland plateaus to the Mediterranean coast and islands. A Spain label does not establish one grape, climate or regional rule.
What the name means
Spain is a country origin, not one wine designation. The agriculture ministry maintains separate protected denominations and geographic indications with their own boundaries and specifications.
How grapes grow here
Atlantic, continental, Mediterranean, mountain and island influences all appear in Spanish wine country. Elevation can also change growing conditions sharply within the same broad part of the country.
What lies under the vines
Spain's wine regions include many different rock and soil settings. The country name alone cannot identify the ground beneath a vineyard.
How large the region is
- Wine-grape vineyard area, 2025
- The agriculture ministry reported 889,469 hectares of vineyard used for wine grapes.
- Protected origins
- The ministry lists individual wine DOP and IGP records and links each name to its competent authority and specification.
Places within the region
- North and northwest
- Green Spain, the Duero River Valley and the Ebro River Valley contain separate wine regions and protected origins.
- Center, coast and islands
- The central plateau, Mediterranean coast, Andalusia, and the Balearic and Canary Islands add further climates and origin systems.
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier, and shopper rating. Checked Aug 10, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
- Method
- Every price, rating and fact here is a dated observation. How we check.