Rental of new barrels

Why rent on evolutionary basis ?

Financial benefits and budget control:

– Payments are staggered, so your cash flow is not impacted.

– Rents are accounted for as fully deductible operating expenses; you also retain your equity and debt capacity for other investments related to your core business.

– You don’t have to pay VAT in advance: Milesime pays your cooperage suppliers directly.

– Periodic invoicing of rents makes your commitments clearer, facilitates your cost forecasts and adapts to your budget structures by smoothing out charges.

Rental request

The performance of the winery is expressed more in the use of the barrel than in its possession

The 3 stages of your new barrel rental

1/ Putting together your offer

Gather quotes from coopers and study and a study of the property’s financial situation enable us to draw up a rental offer.

2/ Formalizing the offer

Contracts drafted and sent for signature, financing agreements sent to coopers.

3/ Production start-up

Barrels delivered to your winery, delivery certificate signed by you, payments to your coopers and start of contract.

Operational approach and technical expertise

  • No need to change your choice of coopers or barrels, or your ordering process; Milesime manages invoicing for you.
  • Financing is tailored to your needs, with flexible terms, fixed or declining rents, and monthly or quarterly payments.
  • Procedures are simplified, and your administrative burden is reduced.
  •  You can optimize the entry and exit of barrels.
  •  Changes are chosen rather than imposed: your barrel stock can evolve at any time, quantitatively and technically, according to your needs.
  • Milesime ensures that barrels are recycled at the end of their rental period, thus helping to improve your property’s environmental performance.

Why choose this offer ?

  • Expertise

    + Over 37 years’ experience in rental financing

    Synergy with MILE SAS – 3,600 life contracts – €42 million in assets

    Experience in barrel supply and fleet buy-back

    Reliability and speed of payment from your suppliers

  • Transparency

    One contract per vintage

    No risks or hidden costs

    Immediate readout of rental costs

    Conformity of your off-balance sheet rental commitments (amount and duration)

  • Flexibility

    No minimum amount

    Renew at your own pace

    Possibility of partial additions or removals

    Possibility of adding other containers (amphorae, jars, vats, tuns, etc.) and equipment (barrel cleaning, vat and cellar equipment, etc.)

Are you a cooper?

Faster, easier decision-making cycles

Customer risks transferred to Milesime

Added value to your offer

Milesime’s advantages: fast, reliable payment of your invoices, no hidden costs or financial commitments for your customers, a balanced relationship with a solid, human-scale financing player.

Customer testimonials

  • Sophie MERZEAUD - Administrative Manager - Château LAROZE

    Partner since 2012.

    We appreciate the transparency and ease with which Milesime contracts can be monitored. What’s more, the management of the fleet at the end of the contract is very efficient: once the drums have been filled and cleaned, they are immediately removed. Thank you for your professionalism and good humor !

  • Ludwig VANNERON - Manager OENOSMART - Oenologist Consultant in wines, liqueurs and spirits

    Partner since 2020.

    We regularly call on Milesime to supply used barrels; the traceability and possibility of checking them at any time is a real plus.

  • François-Xavier GABORIAUD - Co-manager of Château BOURSEAU / Vignobles GABORIAUD

    Partner since 2012.

    Separate Milesime contracts for each campaign give an immediate reading of the rental cost per barrel – there are no hidden costs !

  • Julien SALLES - Vineyard Manager - Groupe LARRAQUÉ VINS INTERNATIONAL

    Partner since 2014.

    The rental of our barrels at Milesime is an important component of the cost price of our wines. And recycling them at the end of the contract is perfectly in line with our environmental approach.

  • Olivier FRULIO - Manager - Château CARIGNAN

    Partner since 2015.

    Milesime is not only a financial partner in the rental of our barrels, but also a manager of our barrel fleet, allowing us to concentrate on our core business: wine !

  • Fabrice PAPIN - Manager - Domaine LE PETIT MARAND

    Partner since 2020.

    Milesime’s barrel rental service is perfectly suited to our growing estate; we also appreciate the possibility of integrating second-hand barrels.

Frequently asked questions

As proximity is at the heart of our values, please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have about our offers directly by telephone (+33 (0)5 47 50 00 85) or by email (p.verde@milesime-location.fr). In the meantime, here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions.

  • Can I buy used or refurbished barrels without the proposed financing ?

    It is possible to buy our used or refurbished barrels without rental financing

  • What is a Milesime refurbished barrel ?

    This barrel comes mainly from our rental contracts, with triple traceability: property origin – original cooperage – refurbishment cooperage

    Process: dismantling of bottoms, planing of staves and bottoms, repair of any defects, steam treatment, heating, reassembly of bottoms, scalding, complete sanding and marking

    Expected effects: oxygenation restored, original aromatic compounds (methyl-octalactones and vanillin) mostly recovered, woodiness melted and wines softened

    Our process eliminates the potential danger of pyrolysis of polyphenols resulting in the production of dimethoxy-phenols (“burnt” odour)

    Sanitary control based on a cleaning protocol

    – Remove solids by rinsing, – Steam treatment, rinse again and drain bung down for 12 h – Drying at 5g – Bung hit

    Physical inspection

    – No broken staves or bottom pieces (surface microcracks tolerated for bung staves) – Galvanized hoops correctly tightened (tolerance for oxidized but not rusted hoops) – Chestnut hoops correctly tightened and tied

    Finishing

    External sanding

  • What is a Milesime second-hand barrel ?

    The majority of our barrels come from rental contracts. We therefore have full traceability and a cleaning and maintenance protocol. Checked as it leaves the property, it is checked again as it leaves our stock, if necessary with a new cleaning process. We take advantage of its passage through our workshops to sand it.

  • What quality controls are carried out on your second-hand barrels ?

    Sanitary control based on a cleaning protocol

    – Remove solids by rinsing, – Steam treatment, rinse again and drain bung down for 12 h – Drying at 5g – Bung hit

    Physical inspection

    – No broken staves or bottom pieces (tolerance for bung staves with surface microcracks) – Galvanized rings correctly tightened (tolerance for oxidized but not rusted rings) – Chestnut hoops correctly tightened and tied

    Finishing

    External sanding

  • What sizes of used or refurbished barrels are available ?

    We supply 225l barrels, 300l, 400l and 500l casks, and a limited number of 600l demi-muids. Ask us about larger containers (truncated-cone tanks or foudres).

  • What types of oak are used for your used or refurbished barrels ?

    We mainly supply French oak barrels; other types of oak (European – American) and, in limited quantities, acacia are also available.

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