What Is a Puncheon Barrel

Puncheon (barrel), a container for wine and/or spirits. Puncheon or plank road, a road built with split logs or heavy slab timbers with one face smoothed, also used for flooring or other construction.

How big is a Puncheon barrel?

(A puncheon is generally defined as a barrel holding 500 liters.) Besides the growing interest in and use of puncheons, there is also a move toward fermenting in larger oak uprights, with perhaps the best known being the construction of a new winery facility around the large tanks at Robert Mondavi Winery.

How many gallons is a Puncheon barrel?

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