How To Make Brandy Oak Barrels

The first oak barrels for wine began to use the Romans, the purpose of such a container course was transportation and storage of wine. The advantages of light and durable barrel before heavy and fragile barrels of mud were evident. Now, when to replace the barrel came stainless steel and concrete, the importance of drums became more polemical. However, its role in the quality wine is, of course, undeniable importance. Moreover park oak barrels requires updating every 3 years, as a barrel in the early years tends to "share" tannins (tannins - it's aromatic components of wood barrels), and then the action of the tannins in the wine is reduced. And you know, not all the wine has a positive effect on the oak barrel - for example, all white wines are often aging in steel barrel, or even concrete to keep all the freshness and aroma of the wine.

But a very strong wood firing what little guilt can come taste the wine at such firing can be changed too harsh and rigid wood tannins from the new barrels. Therefore, all winemakers use restraint wines of different lengths and varying degrees of burning barrels, taste always turns out completely different.

The best wood for making the oak barrels are considered Tronseyskie and Limousin forest in France. Their wood is rich in extractive substances, it is very dense and thus the barrel is not leaking. In oak forests Tronseyskih grained porous structure with a rather soft tannins, wood Limousin forests even more porous, medium-grained tannins are known for their strength and power. These forests are controlled by the National Committee of Forestry, timber put up for auction, where her coming coopers French manufacturers.

The ends of staves folded (for bending using steam or a fire) and the bottom of the second hoop dress. Before inserting the basal plate, barrel burn. In terms of burning barrels of wine are divided into several categories - a category of easy firing wine barrel and firing heavy category.

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