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Winemakers Xoak up soft wine A new range of French oak alternatives that impart delicate flavours to wine is now available to makers Down Under.
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The easiest way to impart rounded French oak characters
Kellie Arbuckle
AUSTRALIAN WINEMAKERS WILL have more options in the way they use oak with the introduction of Chêne and Cie products on home turf. Producers of Taransaud barrels Chêne and Cie have just brought their French oak alternative range to Australia and New Zealand. The range, which covers fermentation, barrel rejuvenation and tank maturation, is being marketed under the XtraChêne brand and includes two key products: the XtraChêne Stick 22.90 and XtraChêne Xoakers. Australian and New Zealand representative Gordon Grant said the XtraChêne range uses oak drawn from the same matured materials used for Taransaud barrels, which allows for added quality. “XtraChêne use the best timber from a log; straight grain with no knots, with no off-cuts or waste materials in any product that will come in contact with wine,” Grant said. In the US, the XtraChêne Xoakers and the XtraChêne Stick
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From the stave mills of Chene and Cie comes a range of the finest French oak products. XTRACHÊNE offers greater winemaking flexibility using oak that is fully traceable. The provenance of every piece of oak can be STICKS 22•90 traced back to not only the forest it came from but to the very tree from which it was harvested. Natural maturation of staves over a minimum of 24 months ensures that any bitter wood components have been leached prior to OAK CHIPS processing. The staves are toasted in state-of-the-art food-grade convection ovens, using specific ‘time and temperature’ formulas, to produce unique flavour and aroma profiles. XTRACHÊNE products deliver the complexity of French oak maturation with a range of cost-effective, flexible options suited to fermentation and maturation in either tank or neutral barrel.
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It simply means more control for the winemaker and more affordable French oak finesse. For full details contact Gordon Grant on +61 417 813 248 or via email at gordon.grant@chene.com.au or visit www.xtrachene.fr
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XTRA CHÊNE Scott Harvey of Scott Harvey Wines, in the Napa Valley. September 2012 – Issue 584
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