Colloquial term (also small barrel, small wooden barrel, small oak barrel, small oak barrel) without wine-legal significance for a barrique bar rel with a volume of 225 litres, although this can also include up to about 350 litres. The term is not unambiguous, however, because it does not necessarily have to be a barrique barrel. Larger traditional wooden barrels of various sizes are colloquially referred to as large wooden bar rels. See also complete lists under the keywords barrel, barrel and barrel types.
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