Product Code: B

Variable Capacity Tank

Let the vintage decide the volume.Stop watching the seal.

A jacketed variable-capacity tank sealed by Everseal™ — planned around how your lots actually arrive, and how long the wine has to sit protected between them.

Sealing
Everseal™ — 60 days verified
Function
Red & White Fermentation · Storage & Aging
Size Range
2.5–15 kL / 680–4,000 gal
Material
SS316 floating lid & bottom

Why this tank

Where the vintage sets the volume.

A Variable Capacity Tank is not chosen because the lid moves. It is chosen when the volume in the cellar refuses to hold still — many small lots by design, wines like Pinot Noir that reward keeping every parcel distinct, or a harvest that has quietly ignored last year’s plan — and the wine still has to sit protected at whatever level it lands.

For the wine, that means the boundary above it is real rather than nominal: sealed by Everseal™, the hold stays protected whether the tank is full or half full. For the cellar, it means the part that used to need weekly checking is the part that no longer does — because a conventional seal turns flexible capacity into a standing worry, and one missed check is one exposed wine.

The decision reaches past vintage. A tank that works properly at any level can ferment in season and then hold, settle and age at whatever volume the program leaves behind — which is where flexible capacity actually pays for itself.

01

Let capacity follow the vintage

One tank works properly at different fill levels. Lot sizes, block splits, and harvest swings stop dictating the tank population.

02

Hold partial volumes without a calendar

With the Everseal™ system holding verified pressure for 60 days, partial volumes sit protected through fermentation, settling, and storage — without a maintenance routine attached to every lid.

03

Give the attention back to the wine

A winemaker's focus should be on the wine, not the equipment. When the seal stops asking for weekly service, the tank recedes into the background — where equipment belongs.

How Olavin designs

Flexible capacity is only flexible if the seal stops asking for attention.

Olavin does not treat a variable-capacity tank as a fixed tank with a moving lid. We begin with how the lots actually arrive, what the boundary above the wine has to guarantee, how much of the year the tank has to work, and what the cellar can reasonably keep checking. Those decisions shape the format.

Specifications

Specification summary.

Sizing, materials, and configuration are finalized around the cellar: access, cleaning, temperature control, and layout.

A single Olavin Variable Capacity Tank with its floating lid raised on the lifting arm above the open tank mouth
Product Code
B
Product Name
Variable Capacity Tank
Primary Function
Red & White Fermentation, Wine Storage & Aging
Size Range
2.5–15 kL / 680–4,000 gal
Material
Floating Lid & Tank Bottom: SS316; Others: SS304
Sealing
Everseal™ System — 60 days of verified maintenance-free pressure
Jacket Options
Jacketed (standard)
Customization
Available

Sizes & dimensions.

Classic sizes are listed here. Every dimension is finalized around the cellar it is going into.

SizeDi (mm)H1 (mm)H2 (mm)H (mm)
2 t1,5001,5008303,000
3 t1,6501,8288303,330
5 t2,0502,0008303,500
6 t2,2002,2098303,710
8 t2,2002,7198304,220

Classic sizes shown; customization is available across the range.

Variable Capacity Tank elevation drawing — stainless steel wine tank with Di, H1, H2 and H dimension callouts

Planning Guide

Get the Variable Capacity Tank Planning Guide.

Inside the guide:

  • Capacity planning for variable harvest volumes
  • Everseal™ sealing configuration notes
  • Year-round holding and storage planning