Product Description

Innerstave Oak Chips & Fines

• 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 pencil shaving
• Fermentation used for colour stability

DOSSAGE:

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