The Grand Cru Series 500L Puncheon delivers seamless integration of wine and oak due to the optimum ratio between the surface area of wood and the volume of wine. The oxygen transfer is lower than with smaller barrels, ensuring better protection and providing the wine with tautness and freshness.

Tasting Notes

The Grand Cru Series 500L Puncheon broadens and deepens the fruit expression and provides elegance, balance, more precision and purity in the mouth.

The barrels contribute exceptionally complex flavors and aromatics in use with white and red varietals from Rhone Valley, Italian, Spanish regions and also special cuvées with Bordeaux varietals.

Features

• WOOD SELECTION: Hand-selected American White Oak.
• 100% CERTIFIED NATURAL SEASONING: A minimum of 36 months for our Grand Cru barrels. 48 months for the Grand Cru Limited Edition.
• EXPERT TOASTING TECHNOLOGY: Toasted over an open oak fire, employing precise time and temperature formulas, monitored by computerized sensors.
• HACCP: Food safety certified and computerized traceability.
• SUPERIOR AESTHETICS: Superb workmanship and finishing.

Barrel Size	Length	Head Diameter	Bilge Diameter	Weight	Hoops	Thickness
500 L 132 GL	105 cm 41.3 in	79.4 cm 31.25 in	96.1 cm 37.8 in	80 kg 176 lb	8	27 mm 1.06 in

Barrel Sizes

	500 L 132 GL
Length	105 cm 41.3 in
Head Diameter	79.4 cm 31.25 in
Bilge Diameter	96.1 cm 37.8in
Weight	80 kg 176 lb
Hoops	8
Thickness	27 mm 1.06 in