"Barrel Down" is the term used to mean putting the wine in a barrel.
This morning (Thanksgiving day) I pumped the wine from carboys into my 30-gallon French oak barrel, using my new Buon Vino Super Jet wine pump/filter. In about a year, I’ll use the same machine to filter the wine just before bottling.
Now the wine sits in barrel in my home office for long-term aging. I expect it to age between 6 and 12 months – it all depends on how much oak the wine wants, which I’ll determine by tasting regularly. You should smell my office – it’s like a barrel room at a winery!
~Dave Sienknecht
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