These Mini Staves (oak planks) offer controllable oak-integration.
The Mini Staves are approximately 180mm long, 40mm wide and 8mm thick.
French Oak Mini Staves are available across a range of oak and toast options.
French Oak ‘Balance F+’
Toast: Convection
Aromatics: Serious, seasoned oak plus vanilla, toast and spice.
Flavour: Seasoned oak with vanilla/musk/fudge.
Mouthfeel: Fine, mouth-filling tannin volume and length.
This oak adds ‘body’, the subtle char promotes darker fruit characters.
Recommended Applications
The ‘mini staves’ offer a different surface-to-volume ratio compared to Fan Packs, which provides the winemaker with another option for oak integration.
Suited to both alcoholic and malolactic fermentation as well as maturation applications.
Pack Sizes:
- Single Mini Staves
- 5 x Mini Staves (SAVE 20% OFF Single Mini Stave Price)
- 5 Kg Tank Bag ‘food grade’ tank infusion bags
This product is a practical alternative to longer ‘tank planks’.
Dosage rate:
An application rate of one-to-three square metres in 1000 litres of wine delivers the required integration sought by winemakers.
However, this product can be used at low rates for medium to long-term extraction times (six-to-12 months), as well as higher rates for short-term extraction times (one-to-three months).
*Please note: The dosage rates are recommendations only and individual trials, carried out according to grape varieties and desired outcomes, are highly recommended.
Our French Oak Mini Staves are available in two toast options, providing different flavour profiles.
Structure F delivers line and length. Structure FB provides lifted, barrel-like toast with structural line and length.
Growing Region:
This Quercus Petraea Oak is selected from the Allier and other central French forests.
Average rainfall: 950mm pa
Seasoning:
Oak is seasoned at mill for two winters receiving an annual precipitation of 950mm pa prior to shipment to the cooperage in the Barossa. The oak then spends another two-to-six months in our seasoning yard for further conditioning, which further enhances the unique properties, and to stabilise the moisture content.
| Size | 1 Mini Stave, 5 Mini Staves, 5 Kg Tank Bags |
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Fast shipping and professional packing
We offer a wide range of shipping options due to our long-running partnerships with UPS, FedEx and DHL. Our warehouse staff are highly trained and will package your items according to our precise and precise specifications. Before shipping, all goods are thoroughly inspected and securely secured. Every day we ship hundreds of packages to our customers from all over the world. This is a sign of our commitment to be the largest online retailer worldwide. The warehouses are located situated in Europe as much as they are in USA.
Note: Orders containing multiple items will have a different processing period for each item.
Before shipping the items, our staff will carry out an extensive inspection of the products you have ordered. The majority of orders are delivered within 48 hrs. The delivery time should be between 3-7 working days.
Returns
We don't manage the stock in our factory and warehouse. Actual stock levels may fluctuate at any moment. Be aware that it's possible that your order will be out of stock after you have placed the order.
Our policy is for 30 days. Unfortunately, if 30 days have passed from the date you purchased the product, we are unable to offer you a return or exchange.
The item must not be used, and it must be in the original packaging. It must also be in the original packaging.
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