Taransaud Tonnellerie
Patience, rigour and respect are the hallmarks of the TARANSAUD cooperage approach, which is centred on the close-knit union between wood and wine. During ageing in French oak barrels, wines and brandies acquire the finishing touches to their character and reveal their full complexity. This is what we call a "perfect exchange". In order to achieve it, we use extremely rigorous methods at every stage of the crafting of our barrels and tanks.
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TARANSAUD TONNELLERIE
Merpins B.P. 187 | 16106 COGNAC Cedex (France)
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BARREL MAKING


The various stages in the making of a barrel
  • Selection, purchase and reception of logs or stave wood, of French origin exclusively (attested by Bureau Veritas)
  • Splitting of logs in our splitting mills (Segonzac in Charente or La Châtre in Indre) by laser computer control (a special TARANSAUD process)
  • Logs turned into balks, balks split into quarters, quarters sawn into boards, boards made into staves and heads
  • Storage and natural air drying of staves at the cooperage from 24 to 36 months (attested by Bureau Veritas)
  • Preparation of head staves
  • Preparation of staves (shortening - paring - jointing)
  • Identification stamping (TARANSAUD process) to ensure a perfect tracking of heating and toasting to come in line with our tracking procedures
  • Assembling the body
  • Traditional heating and bending, technically and strictly controlled (TARANSAUD process)
  • Toasting controlled and registered through computer to ensure a strict reproducibility (TARANSAUD process)
  • Planing, head assembling
  • Two quality controls
  • Finishing - marking - Master Cooper's signature