While the oak flavor will fade over time, the foudres can still be used for decades. #wine #oakwood

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typically only high-end wineries use French Oak barrels which are more expensive than American Oak they start at about €8,000 for a 1,000 l futra a standard 225 L French Oak Barrel sells for about 900 and a similar one made of American Oak is about half the cost at € 470 this ultimately increases the cost of the wine as well if an installation is outside of France the price goes up even higher higher and could be as much as €45,000 while the oak flavor will start to fade over time the foodlas can still be used to ferment for decades