Our take

Freixenet Brut Cordon Negro Cava Spain Sparkling Wine

GSW Score89/ 100

Shoppers really like it. A mechanical score from 137 shopper ratings on the store listing, checked Aug 12, 2026. It sits in the top 20% of the 514 wines we have scored, measured against the shelf on Sep 16, 2026. How we score

Style
Sparkling wine
Size
750 ml
Region
Spain
Shelf barcode
0033293003007
Freixenet Brut Cordon Negro Cava Spain Sparkling Wine bottle
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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.

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Region guideSpain

A little background helps this bottle make sense.

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.

The place

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.

Weather

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.

Soil

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.

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