Our firm of coopers specialises in the manufacture of Burgundy and Bordeaux barrels.
The choice of wood is a delicate operation in which the cooper's experience is crucial in determining the different grains corresponding to your requirements.
Carefully selected in the largest French forests. |
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The wood is split along the grain to obtain rough staves.
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The staves are stacked with care to the air-dried for a minimum 24 months, in order to purge them of the sap. |
| During his work, the cooper does a choice of the staves for the assembly of the barrel. |
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The assembled barrel is placed over an intense oak fire in order to bent it. A long and slowly heating (toasting) will give an happy marriage between the barrel and the wine. |
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The hooping. The last stage is the placement of the hoops which finishes the barrel. |
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