1. A wooden barrel, typically made of oak, used for aging wine or spirits.
Usage: Wine and spirits terminology; Often used in French winemaking contexts but adopted into English

Examples

• The winery ages its Bordeaux in French oak barriques for 18 months.
• Each barrique holds approximately 225 liters of wine.
• The cooper carefully crafted the barrique to ensure proper aging conditions.
• Barriques impart vanilla and oak flavors to the wine stored inside them.
• The vineyard invested in new barriques to enhance the quality of their reserve wines.