The vertical ovoid tank takes advantage of the micro oxygenation that is made possible by the clay cement material.
Concrete egg fermentation tank.
The shapely historic connection to roman amphorae was not coincidental in the design.
The first concrete egg was commissioned in 2001 by michel chapoutier from french concrete tank maker nomblot.
Stackable concrete storage and fermentation vessels will be producing wine long after those oak barrels are producing.
Concrete tanks are commonly used in wineries but egg shaped vessels are fairly new.
Historic bordeaux producer domaine de chevalier installed 10 large concrete tanks in 2014 and argentinian winery el enemigo exclusively uses concrete eggs for fermentation.
With no corners the wine is free to circulate naturally during fermentation and you can actually watch the wine move during this process of constant stirring.
Our egg tank is.
Though they re not always made of concrete.
Concrete eggs in the winery ask decanter.
An egg shaped concrete fermentation tank at chateau du terte in arsac bordeaux france.
Amphora 320 gal nubarrel 240 gal.
They are made without using chemical additives according to nomblot from washed loire.
Enter the concrete egg fermenter.
The world leader in concrete wine tanks.
Ap photo eric risberg ceramic clay used for wine fermentation storage and as a transport vessel is as.
In this giant egg the lees are continuously forced upward by an internal current.
Later when nomblot was.
I ve noticed concrete eggs are becoming an emerging trend in wineries what s the point.
These building materials offer a way to expose the wine to small levels of aeration.
Concrete wine tanks are being rediscovered by winemakers all over the world.
Walk into just about any modern brewery and you re sure to see rows of fermentation tanks gleaming in their stainless steel glory.
Classic egg 476 gal.
Certainly stainless steel tanks attract a lot fewer column inches but eggs have not been laid everywhere in the wine trade.
Christelle guibert decanter tastings director replies.
Concrete wine tanks are being rediscovered by winemakers all over the world.
Mason wood pearce surrey asks.
Michel chapoutier designed the.
Semi porous materials such as concrete ceramic terracotta and permeable plastic are most often used to make egg shaped fermenters.
The first egg vat was commissioned in 2001 by michel chapoutier following discussions and design between chapoutier and french vat manufacturer marc nomblot whose company has been making concrete wine vats since 1922.