From oak-tree to log to cask wood and to stave, here are the basic elements necessary to my fabrication.

I am assembled before being arched by the cooper. Then comes the delicate phase of the bousinage where I will have to face fire and water to take my final form.

They seal me with the bottoms. The doges are drilled; they sand me and hoop me with sweet chestnut. This is the last step before going to the cellars to welcome the wine and allow it to age.

I am a piece of the E.Guigal Estate cooperage.