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High-Quality Oak Chips
LPE helps and advises on the choice of your alternatives: chips, staves, mini-staves and zig zag. Oak chips –sourced from the same French oak as used in our barrel production- are used for two types of treatment :
FERMENTATION
Oak chips are used to help stabilize color and to increase volume. Oak chips add sweetness and hide the fruit’s green, herbaceous characteristics.
- Dimensions: 5/12mm (non-toasted).
- Packaging: 10Kg aluminum bag.
- Suggested use: 3 to 6 grams per liter.
AGING
After a minimum of 4 to 6 weeks of infusion, elegant oak impact and complexity are noted.
Dimensions: 5/12 mm or 10/22 mm toasted or non-toasted.
Packaging: 10Kg aluminum bags (cotton bags can be included for use).
Suggested use: 1 to 10 grams per liter.
OAK STAVES
Tank staves –sourced from the same French oak as used in our barrel production- are toasted and advised foraging. Used to bring sweetness and volume respecting the fruit and freshness of the wine for an aging of 6 months minimum.
Dimensions : 95cm x 5cm x 1cm drilled in ends.
Packaging: Polyethylene cover.
Suggested use: 2 or 3 staves per hectolitre = 2 packages per 10HL.
Different Toast
| Light | Medium | Heavy |
| Sweetness and volume | Fruit and freshness | Toasted presence |
OAK MINI-STAVES, HIGH-QUALITY INFUSION
Mini-staves –sourced from the same French oak as used in our barrel production- are toasted and advised for aging. Easy to use they will bring toasted, vanilla and coffee notes.
Dimensions : 30cm x 5cm x 1cm
Packaging : 5kg cotton bags for infusion delivered in 10 kg aluminium bags.
Suggested use: 5 grams per liter.
Different Toast
| Light | Medium | Heavy |
| Sweetness and volume | Sweetness and volume | Moka, coffee and toasted notes |
ZIG ZAG, THE BARREL’S EXCLUSIVE OENOLOGICAL TOOL
Sourced from the same French oak as used in our barrel production and especially made for a 225L used barrel – 3 years, the zig-zag will breathe new life into your wine by giving sweetness, fruit, vanilla and toasted aroma for an optimal exchange.
Dimensions : 6 wooden sticks 30cm x 4cm x 1cm put together by stainless steel 316L clips.
Packaging: in paper bags, selling per item.
Suggested use : 1 zig zag for one 225L barrel = 0.190M² (around 420g).
Different Toast
| Light | Medium | Heavy |
| Sweetness, fruit | Sweetness, vanilla notes | Toasted notes |
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