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Interpretive watercolor cutaway of a wooden Sherry bota with wine under flor in a two-tier Jerez solera cellar; not an identified bodega.
Equipment

Sherry bota and solera array

A Jerez bota is a coopered oak butt used for wine ageing. In a criaderas-and-solera array, butts at successive ages are arranged in scales and partly drawn and replenished; the bota's capacity and fill depend on the documented system.

Barrels and casks
Marco de Jerez
Reference-grounded editorial illustration of a whole horizontal coopered wooden cask resting on wooden chocks, showing its convex staves, hoops, end head and bunghole.
Equipment

Coopered barrel, cask and large wooden vat

Coopered vessels use shaped staves and hoops, but portable barrels, large foeders and upright wooden vats serve different roles. Materials and uses vary by place and process.

Barrels and casks
Jerez de la Frontera