puncheon

as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages stored the puncheons of rum in the cellar

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Recent Examples on the Web After being distilled in pot stills at Hioki, the whisky is aged in new American oak puncheons and ex-bourbon barrels for a minimum of three years. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024 Ribera del Duero further stipulates that anything from crianza on up must be aged in oak barriques smaller than 330 liters, so winemakers choosing to use larger barrels, such as 500-liter puncheons or 2,500-liter foudres, are barred from using a descriptor other than cosecha. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023 Awamori is not, generally speaking, aged in oak casks, which presumably makes the American oak puncheons used to finish this Glenfiddich expression even more rare. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2023 Its counterpart, the 2018 Brughelli Chardonnay is a ringer for a great white Burgundy, perfumed with lovely florals with bare hints of vanilla and spice (there’s 50 percent new oak here, but in the form of a large puncheon) and elegant oyster-shell minerality. Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 3 May 2021 Decades of experience led us to fill the spirit into a first-fill Sherry puncheon for long-term maturation. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 24 July 2022

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“Puncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puncheon. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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