Barrique
However Barriqueausbau is mainly in red wines will grow white wines aged in oak barrels . Today it refers to a wine fermented in relatively small barrels are toasted over conventional wooden barrels on the inside walls .
So it is a particular form of aging in oak barrels with the aim of wood and Röstgeschmacksstoffe introduce into the wine . By Barriqueausbau so various flavors get in addition to the wine .
The name is derived from oak , the barrel type used mainly in Bordeaux with the standard volume of 225 liters . Usually the barrels of oak special oak trees mainly from France and America , but also other species such as acacia or chestnut are manufactured .
Intense aroma of ripe berries and wood notes from the 3-month barrique
barrel ageing. Interplay of fine acidity and fruit. Well balanced tannins. Round
and long finish.
Goes well with spicy tapas, oven vegetables, braised meats.
In addition to the classic aromas of plums, spices and sweet cherries, this primitivo, which has been developed in the wood, has a strong note of vanilla, bitter chocolate and carnations with a full but never heavy structure.