Pitch-lined wineskins are the most traditional of all. The pitch used to waterproof the interior is resin-based and has been used for said purpose for thousands of years. The bota bag gives the wine a special flavor that each wineskin acquires with use thanks to the wine that passes through it, and hence the saying “Wineskins improve good wines and make poor wines good”.
Unlike many items in our daily lives, the more a pitch-lined bota bag is used, the longer it lasts. In fact, we have heard of wineskins that have been in use for more than 60 years. In the same way, the worst thing that can happen to a pitch wineskin is to be “left unused”, so we explain what to do in such cases in the “bota bag care” section.
