Innerstave Oak Chips & Fines – 10kg

Product Description

Oak Chips, Standard, American, Medium Toast

2 year seasoned American Oak chips, Standard size, medium toast.
Full extraction after 12 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Standard, American, Medium Plus Toast

2 year seasoned American Oak chips, standard size, medium plus toast.
Full extraction after 12 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Standard, French, Light Toast

2 year seasoned French Oak chips, standard size, light toast.
Full extraction after 12 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Standard, French, Medium Toast

2 yr seasoned French Oak chips, standard size, medium toast.
Full extraction after 12 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Standard, French, Medium Plus Toast

2 year seasoned French Oak chips, Standard size, medium plus toast.
Full extraction after 12 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Standard, French, Medium Plus Plus Toast

2 year seasoned French Oak chips, Standard size, medium plus plus toast.
Full extraction after 12 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Standard, French, Untoasted

2 year French Oak chips, Standard size, Untoasted.
Used in fermentation for color stability in reds and adding sweet lactones.

Oak Chips, Fine, American, Medium

2 year seasoned American Oak chips, fines, medium toast.
Full extraction after 8 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Fine, American, Medium Plus

2 year seasoned American Oak chips, fines, medium plus toast.
Full extraction after 8 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Fine, American, Medium Plus Plus

2 yr seasoned American Oak chips, fines, medium plus plus toast.
Full extraction after 8 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Fine, French, Light

2 year seasoned French Oak chips, Fines, light toast.
Full extraction after 8 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Fine, French, Medium

2 year seasoned French Oak chips, Fines, medium toast.
Full extraction after 8 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Fine, French, Medium Plus

2 year seasoned French Oak chips, Fines, medium plus toast.
Full extraction after 8 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

Oak Chips, Fine, French, Medium Plus Plus

2 year seasoned French Oak chips, Fines, medium plus plus toast.
Full extraction after 8 weeks.
Addition rate 25-250g/HL.

• Oak Chips & Fines can be used during every stage of winemaking.
• Multi-stage additions are encouraged because making additions along the wine processing lifecycle will impact the end result in different ways.
• An addition of Innerstave Oak Chips & Fines during fermentation will minimize undesirable vegetal characters, provide co-pigmentation to bind colour and give body and mouthfeel.
• Innerstave Oak Chips & Fines added during post-primary aging offers tannin, body and barrel flavours based on the chosen toast level.
• Making an addition just prior to bottling will lift the wine’s flavour profile and refresh the finished oak character.
• Enquire about a mesh bag for oak chips.

Size:

• Standard chips are the size of broken matchsticks
• Fines are the size of a pencil-shaving
• Fermentation used for colour stability

Dosage:

The suggested ratio will range from 4-22 lbs per 1,000 gallons, dependent on stage and varietal

Contact Time:

• Chips extract best between 2-12 weeks
• Fines extract best between 2-8 weeks
• Enquire about a mesh bag for oak chips