These French Oak Barrel Inserts | Structure F offer controllable oak-integration. Fresh-Oak Integration within a Seasoned Barrel.
Barrel Inserts are designed to be used in older barrels. They deliver new oak flavour integration, with a subtle toast lift that enhances fruit characters.
The French Oak Barrel Inserts | Structure F provide fresh-oak integration within a seasoned (neutral) barrel.
Available across a range of French Oak and toast options.
- Equivalent to 25% of the interior surface area of a new barrique.
- Designed to fit through the bung hole, for straight forward installation and extraction.
- Complete with stainless steel wire and carabiner (snap hook) for securing to bung or exterior of barrel.
Recommended applications:
To be used in older barrel maturation applications where oak flavours need subtle lift to enhance fruit characters.
- Single use for minimum of three months recommended.
- The inserts are constructed with inert, food-grade plastic fixings.
- They are individually wrapped for transport and require no assembly in the brewery or distillery.
Dosage rate:
These inserts are a single-use product, designed for medium to long-term extractions (three-to-12 months). They deliver fresh oak characters which are no longer available from older barrels during maturation.
One barrel insert per barrique, hogshead or puncheon.
French Oak ‘Structure F’
Structure F delivers line and length. Fruit Support. Mid Palate Build. Structural Length.
This plank type lifts the primary fruit characters and supports these with spice and subtle vanilla. Tannins are firm, weighty and opulent throughout the palate – ideal for filling the mid palate.
Toast:
- Convection
Aromatics:
- Complexity of brown spice, dark toast and vanilla.
Flavour:
- Toasty brown spice, vanilla malt, caramel. Oak & whisky lactone. Toast and spice. Fine, mouth-filling tannin. Back palate length.
- This oak adds body to the wine, beer or spirit and the subtle char promotes darker fruit characters.
Mouthfeel:
- Tannins are structural and bold which add line and length to the palate. Rich oak that provides structure and complexity.
*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 Barrel Inserts are available in a variety of toast options, providing different flavour profiles.
Structure F delivers 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.