We gave few evidence in recent weekks. It's today official, a magnificent oak barrel comes to take place in our winery.
Selected when he was still "standing on it's roots" by Jérome Viart from the Tonnellerie Artisanale de Champagne (the only one on the Champagne Area) this oak comes from the forest of Verzy. In love with terroir, we couldn't pass up such a nice opportunity. Imagine that the tree we used to manufacture our barrel grow on the same terroir as our vines, the terroir our familly in living one since so many generations. The loop is closed.
After more than 36 months of drying, the "merrains" were shapped in "douelle" and put together loke a nice skirt. We asked for a soft and slow heating (180°C for 1h30) in order to cook the wod in depth but also gently so that the aromas will be delicate and subtile.Once heated, the "douelles" have been bent and rimmed to give birth to a beautiful barrel.
The laser marking finishes the work and pays tribute to the fisrt generations of the Champagne Henriet Bazin which already used such barrel in the past.
See you soon for the next step.
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