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Recent Examples of puncheon
Aged for 10 months in 31% new French oak puncheons and cigar barrels and 69% neutral French oak puncheons.
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Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The Arizona La Osa is a 2019 Grenache aged 18 months in neutral 500-liter puncheons and bottled unfiltered.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024
After being distilled in pot stills at Hioki, the whisky is aged in new American oak puncheons and ex-bourbon barrels for a minimum of three years.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024
Decades of experience led us to fill the spirit into a first-fill Sherry puncheon for long-term maturation.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 24 July 2022
Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The Arizona La Osa is a 2019 Grenache aged 18 months in neutral 500-liter puncheons and bottled unfiltered.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024
After being distilled in pot stills at Hioki, the whisky is aged in new American oak puncheons and ex-bourbon barrels for a minimum of three years.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024
Decades of experience led us to fill the spirit into a first-fill Sherry puncheon for long-term maturation.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 24 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puncheon
Noun
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Prices of West Texas Intermediate futures are now below $90 a barrel, sliding 2% on Friday to around $87 per barrel.—
Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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These materials are capable of causing corrosive damage to barrels, storage tanks and other metal containers.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
Noun
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So do the large pink or queen conch, the fighting conch, the tulip band shell, the helmet shells and the cask shells.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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The new Extra Añejo expression was aged for half that time—three years—in a combination of casks.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
Noun
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The whisky was initially aged in Oloroso sherry butts from Spain, and after four decades it was transferred into three Spanish oak Pedro Ximénez hogsheads which were ultimately married together.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2026
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In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Puncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puncheon. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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