Converting grape juice to wine in a barrel rather than in a stainless steel fermentation tank. This imparts flavors and aromas to the wine from the oak wood. Often used for Chardonnay.
Term used to describe when a wine undergoes fermentation in an oak barrel.
Literally fermenting the wine inside of an oak barrel rather than the usual tank or vat. It's often done to make white wine richer and to integrate the oak flavor into the wine. It is costly and labor intensive because the barrel is usually much smaller (most often 60 gallons) than the tank, which means the winemaker has more containers of wine to care for.
The conversion of grape juice into white wine by yeast in a 60-gallon French oak barrel. Barrel fermentation gives Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc more complexity and integrated oak flavor.
Imparts flavors and characteristics of the wood to wine. Used often for full-bodied white wines to impart creamy vanilla flavors and aromas as well as spice.
Wine (usually whites) fermented in, typically, 55-gallon oak barrels rather than neutral containers such as stainless steel. Barrel fermentation requires careful cellar attention, but can contribute to increasing the complexity and flavor of a wine by adding suggestions of spice and vanilla from the interaction of the wine and the wood. Most often used in the fermentation of Chardonnay.
Fermenting wine in wood barrels, usually oak, as distinct from fermenting in stainless steel. The resulting wine is usually more rich and complex, but can be potentially less true to the original varietal flavor.
Unfermented juice went into the barrel and transformed from juice to wine there.
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Technique in white wine making commonly applied to Chardonnay. The transformation of the grape juice into wine is completed in the barrel. The wine then gains complexity and integrated oak aromas.
The conversion of grape juice into wine by yeast in an oak barrel. Barrel fermentation gives wines complexity and integrated oak flavour.
As implied, a method of fermentation done in barrels. Fermenting a wine, especially a white wine, in small oak barrels rather than large stainless steel tanks can noticeably affect the wine's flavor and texture. In particular, a wine can become more creamy, round, buttery and toasty after being barrel fermented