French Oak Mini Staves - Structure FB
$5.45
Tax included
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 ‘Structure FB’
Toast:
- Fire
Toast:
- Convection
Aromatics:
- Complexity of brown spice, dark toast and vanilla.
Flavour:
- Toasty brown spice, vanilla malt, caramel. Oak & whisky lactone.
Mouthfeel:
- Tannins are structural and bold which add line and length to the palate. Rich oak that provides structure and complexity.
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.