FRENCH OAK BARRELS
Updated on
8/1/08
Our barrels are
directly imported from
Tonnellerie Vernou,
absolutely the best French cooper
of small barrels.
They are
"Center of France",
24 Months Air-Dried,
"Medium" and
"Medium Plus,"
fire toasted for those lovely, sweet
vanillin, spicy, toasty flavors.
We have our Vernou-direct,
premium French
oak barrels in stock,
and ready to supply
you!
Supply is good until sold out.
Check them out below!
Call
to order: 800-559-9922 in Calif. or 818-884-8586
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Barrel
size:
Liters
/Gallons
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Sorry, no room for club discounts! Barrel
$ and Availability
"Medium Toast" adds subtle flavors of
sweet oak, toast, vanilla, and spice for balance and delicacy.
"Medium +
Toast" punches up the toast and vanilla for richer, well
structured wines.
These Vernou "house toasts"
are just exquisite!
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20 Liter /
5.3 Gallon |
$275
6
available
(Medium + Toast) |
30 Liter /
7.9 Gallon |
$295
8 available
(Medium + Toast) |
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50 Liter /
13.2 Gallon
|
$375
1 available
(Medium Toast)
15 available
(Medium
+ Toast)
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114 Liter / 30.1
Gallon
Burgundy Style
(27" x 22") |
$530
9 Available
(Medium
+ Toast)
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TONNELLERIE MEYRIEUX:
110 Liter /
29.1 Gallon
Burgundy Style
(27" x 22")
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$595
Sold Out!
("House Toast")
Very small, exclusive Burgundian cooper. Turns the raw barrel
over 6 different braziers, for only 15 minutes each
time. This regimen, plus a smaller oak wood brazier, penetrates the toasting
much further into the stave. Exquisite, intense flavors!
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$8.25% sales tax added to
in-state orders.
The
above barrels are at our Woodland Hills,
Ca. location, for your pickup.
Barrels to be shipped elsewhere, will
be prepared as below and then
shipped to you at whatever UPS charges
for their weight.
Just give us 1 week to prepare your barrels.
Our price includes external
preparation with:
- BARRELGARD™
(A synthetic alternative to linseed oil. It keeps your barrel free
of exterior mold, does not seal the barrel, allowing it to concentrate the wine,
and, brings out the wood grain, making your barrel absolutely beautiful)
- WET SURFACE LINER™
(A 2-part, food grade epoxy that creates an hard, cleanable square patch around
the bung hole)
Before use,
You will need
to soak them internally
with hot water until watertight.
STORING EMPTY BARRELS
When the time comes to store
your barrels empty, after use,
do the following to insure that your
barrel doesn't go bacterial.
Use Citic Acid, hottest
water and the same exact proportions, to neutralize the Barrelclean.
Rinse until water runs clear.
Then use either technique 1, 2, or 3 below.
TECHNIQUE #1
- Fill with water and sulfite solution
(1 tsp. Sulfite and 1 tsp. Citric Acid per gallon of water)
- Bung tightly.
- Top up
weekly with more water.
TECHNIQUE #2
- For barrels 30 gallons and up, only
add 3-5 gallons of water. Then dissolve and add 1/4 cup Sulfite and 1/2 cup
Citric Acid.
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Bung tightly, roll
around, and store standing on one end.
Roll around and change
ends every 2 weeks.
Change solution
every month.
When ready to re-use, you'll need to get
the sulfite/citric residue out of the wood.
Empty and rinse well.
Using your hottest water, add about 10% by volume.
Roll around, stand on ends, empty and rinse well.
Carefully, Smell. You should not smell
any SO2.
Repeat hot water treatment if necessary.
TECHNIQUE #3
Burn Sulfur to generate SO2 gas, sterilizing as it burns.
After cleaning (see above), let barrel drain 1-2 days until dry.
Stuff bung hole with a paper towel to keep acetobacter out.
Burn the correct amount of wick or disk every week for 4-6
weeks. Recover bung hole.
(Note: wicks may drip sulfur, a big no, no. Disks burn
down to a pure ash)
- Then burn once every month. Recover bung hole.
- Soak barrel watertight just before using.
"The best way to keep
a barrel sound,……
is to keep it full of
wine."
When full of wine, you'll keep an eye on your
barrel,
topping it weekly with more wine.
Most people loose their barrels (while they are filled with
sulfite/citric storage solution), because they think
that having a life is more important than weekly topping.
Whether filled with wine or sulfite/citric storage solution,
keep your barrels full, right up against the bung.
Do this topping on a weekly
basis.
WARNING: WHEN YOUR BARREL
GOES BACTERIAL,
IT'S HISTORY!
NO CURE! USE IT FOR
FIREWOOD OR A PLANTER!
To order your
super-premium French or
American Oak Barrels,
check for pricing and
availability.
Then
call us at
818-884-8586 (800-559-9922, in Calif.).
No e-mail ordering.
All major credit cards accepted.
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