11 of the coolest wine tanks in the world:
has taught us anything, it's that winemaking doesn't have to take place in a traditional barrel or tank.
Step inside some of California's most progressive wineries these days, and you'll see concrete tanks instead of stainless, in unusual shapes at that. More than a few have taken cues from at least two of France’s greatest producers—Château Petrus in Pomerol and Cheval Blanc in Saint-Émilion—which rely on concrete vessels to produce some of the most renowned wines in the world.
Why concrete? For the most part, these tanks are used during the fermentation process, and winemakers love them for their microporosity. Stainless steel won’t impart any flavor or oxygen, while brand new oak barrels will impart lots of flavor and allow for a great deal of oxygen exchange. Concrete is somewhere in the middle—allowing for extremely slow, trace amounts of oxygen exchange. According to some winemakers, concrete will even impart a kind of mineral element in wine.
, which has designed and built tanks for many wineries in Napa and Sonoma, explained that something like the increasingly popular concrete egg tank, which takes roughly 16 weeks to produce, can cost as much as $120,000. That’s because concrete eggs often start out as drawings, are then 3D printed, perfected, and turned into heavy-duty styrofoam and fiberglass molds. Once a mold is designed, subsequent eggs can be produced for roughly $10,000 to $14,000 each.
Whether it's oak, concrete or something else entirely, alternative wine tanks are a sight to behold—to say something nothing of the wine they produce. Below are 11 of some of the coolest tanks out there, complete with descriptions of how they impact the wine.
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