#Repost @picturesandpinot (@get_repost) ・・・ The inside of a botti. A large wooden barrel typicaly containing more than a 1000 litres of wine. The purpose of such a vessel is not to impart oak flavour but to provide the maturing wine with a slow release of oxygen through the pores of the barrel. The botti is traditionally made from Slavonian oak wich is the same speceis as French oak (Quercus robur) but grown in a different forrest on Balkan Peninsula. #oak #barrel #botti #flavour #wine #winebarrel #slavonia #inside #frenchoak #barrique

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