French Wine Barrel Sizes

Our garbellotto oak casks come in almost any size starting 750 liters and larger.

French wine barrel sizes.

The most popular one is the 225 litres one. Or in smaller sizes traditional balsamic vinegar when a wine or spirit ages in a barrel small amounts of oxygen are introduced as the barrel lets some air in compare to microoxygenation where oxygen is deliberately added. Barrels are called barriques by the french but also the italians and germans that have borrowed the term from france. While there are a lot of different sizes as mentioned there are consistent standards in size based on the barrel s function.

The oak forests in france are the source of several species of european oak trees including white oak used for oaking wine. Standard wine barrel sizes what is the capacity of a wine barrel. 97cm tall x 70cm wide approximate weight. Barricas is the spanish word.

Because the copper s tradition of building wine barrels is ancient different regions had slightly different barrel capacities. An aging barrel is used to age wine. The forests used for barrel oak are selected for their fine grained consistent wood. Wine barrel sizes tend to vary based on what wine they hold.

50kg please note that the dimensions are approximates. Miller uses brittany and bordeaux barrels primarily. Wine barrels and whiskey barrels may also be in different sizes as some barrels are simply used for storage while others are used to ferment large amounts of alcohol. 190 litres 225 litres 250 litres 300 litres 400 litres 500 litres and 650 litres.

We also have the barrel tools your winery will need and a full range of oak alternatives. You can find barrels of all sizes though the standard for spirits is 53 gallons. The most common barrels are the bordeaux style barrel which holds 225 litres 59 us gal followed by the burgundy style barrel which holds 228 litres. Oxygen enters a barrel when water or alcohol is lost due.

Whether your looking for french oak wine barrels american oak barrels hungarian oak or re coopered wine barrels the vintner s vault has what you re looking for. French wine barrels approximate dimensions. The size of the barrel plays a large role in determining the effects of oak on the wine by dictating the ratio of surface area to volume of wine with smaller containers having a larger impact. Distilled spirits such as whiskey brandy or rum.

Garbellotto french oak wine barrel 225 liter 59 4 gallon medium toast. French oak quercus robur is common throughout europe and sessile oak quercus petraea is a finer grain species that is more sparse. The latter will of course be considerably larger.