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 of puncheon The Arizona La Osa is a 2019 Grenache aged 18 months in neutral 500-liter puncheons and bottled unfiltered. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puncheon
Noun
  • Oil production under the Biden administration reached record highs, surpassing an average of 13 million barrels per day for the first time.
    Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Over the last 12 months, Venezuela has exported an average of two hundred thousand barrels daily to the United States.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There have been new age statements expressions (and rumors of even older ones to come), single malts, and various blends and cask finishes, but the best category the distillery has been releasing is rye whiskey—and the latest limited-edition release is proof of this.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
  • These main roots relate to the 10 casks chosen back in 2008.
    Mark Littler, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • It was aged for the majority of those years in refill hogsheads and butts, and then finished for more than a year in Oloroso sherry casks.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The younger is the superior whisky (although both are excellent), aged for nearly 20 years in American oak ex-bourbon barrels and hogsheads and bottled at a strong 57.6 percent ABV.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024

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“Puncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puncheon. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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