Joe - do you use barrels that small? Seems to me that they're hardly
wirth the $, what with leakage and the relatively short barrel time
without overoaking.


On 2007-10-29 10:07:53 -0700, Joe Sallustio said:


That's a pretty good price for a french barrel; that sounds like a top
of the line barrel. I wouldn't use the spigot either but I would try
to find an oak or silicone plug. If your barrel looks like that link
but isn't that link, you may have cause for concern. I have a 5
gallon untoasted barrel that is next to worthless. I hate everything
about it. It imparted a very green tannin to the wines stored in it.
Never store wine in an untoasted barrel.

Joe