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Foudre: A large oak or chestnut cask used for aging wine (mostly in Provence and Alsace), with a capacity between 150 and 350 hectoliters (3,960 to 9,240 gallons).
Frais, fraîche: Fresh, cool, chilly.
foudre
Large oak barrels that vary enormously in size but are significantly larger than the normal oak barrel used in Bordeaux or the piece used in Burgundy. They are widely used in the Rhône Valley.
Foudre:A large wooden vat, popular in France's Rhõne Valley, significantly larger than typical oak barrels, often with the capacity to hold more than a thousand liters of wine.
FOUDRE (BARREL)
Barrel of great capacity (200 to 300 hectolitres), intended to make mature the wine. By extension, cistern of transport of wine. FOULAGE (PRESSING)
Operation consisting in making burst the skin of the grapes.
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 See also: Complex, Vineyard, Bottle, Ripe, Round
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