Barrel Producers

Toasty

• Taransaud
  • Barrels: 225L – 600L (Barrel production takes place exclusively in France, at sites in Merpins (Charente) and Beaune (Burgundy).)
  • T5: 225L, 228L (Tronçais forest, very fine-grain wood. Seasoned in the open air for five years. Made by a “Meilleur Ouvrier de France” cooper.)
  • Pure T: 225L – 500L (For white wines. PURE T is based on patented proprietary research on anti-oxidant capacity.)
  • Ovum: 2000L (OVUM is the first-ever wooden egg-shaped barrel. Used for natural convection of lees.)
  • Vats: 800L, 1000L, 1200L, up to 10000L (Oval and ovoid shapes.)
  • Tanks: 700L to 55000L (fermentation and aging)
• Seguin Moreau (France)
  • Barrels:
    • Bordeaux, 225L
    • Bourgogne, 228L (Chestnut hoops)
    • Feuillette Bourguigonne, 114L
    • Feuillette de Chablis, 132L
    • Pièce Champenoise, 205L
    • Muid’Oc, 320L
    • Demi Muid, 600L
    • Haute Futaie, 300L
    • Large format: 300L to 700L
    • American Oak Hogshead (Napa), 300L
    • American Oak (Napa), 265L
  • Flavorings:
    • Oenofirst, a brick of chips (750g)
    • Oenochips, loose chips
    • Oenostave, flat staves
    • Oenostick, rods on a string
    • Oenoblock, jenga-style pieces
• Seguin Moreau (Napa)
  • Barrels: French, American, Russian, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary.
  • The oak is chosen from the finest forests in the Center of France—fully grown Haute Futaie trees, 150 to 200 years old.
  • Lux Bung: glass bung with a silicone base.
  • Bousinage: barrel toasting
  • Aquaflex: involves submerging the formed barrel in hot water in order to reduce some of the water soluble compounds and soften the tannin impact of the oak.
  • Carbon Neutral
  • Icône: an exclusive oak selection process, is a method of chemical analysis of wood’s extractable substances to identify œnological potential.
  • Fraîcheur: fine grain French oak body and acacia wood heads.
  • U-Stave: A series of U-shaped channels 10 mm wide, 5 mm deep are grooved along the inside of American oak staves, resulting in an increase of surface area of 50%. This increase of surface area to volume ratio intensifies the phenomena of exchange between wine and wood in comparison to a regular barrel.
  • Clear stave tank:  intersecting oak wood with the transparency of Plexiglass.
• Saury
• Sylvain
• Botti Gamba
• Quintessence
• Boutes
• Orion
• Le Grand
• Vicard
• Radoux
• François Frères
• Allary
• Nomblot
• Mercier
• Cadus
• Rousseau
• Atelier Centre France
• Baron
• Tonnellerie Ô
• Budapesti Kádár
• Sirugue
• Millet
• Montgillard
• Demptos
• Kelvin

Brokers

• Oak Tradition
• VinEthos
• Bastos
• Mel Knox
• Artisan Barrels
• Charlois Groupe
• Barrel Builders
• The Boswell Company
• Bouchard
• Cooperages 1912
• Nadalie
• Oregon Barrel Works

Oak Species

• Quercus alba, American White Oak
• Quercus petraea or Q. sessilis or Q. sessiliflora or Q. rouvre
• Quercus robur, or Q. pendunculata
• Quercus gerryanna, Oregon Oak
• Quercus suber, Cork
• Quercus crispula, Japanese Oak
• Quercus mongolica, Mongolian Oak
• Quercus dentata, Emperor Oak
• French Oak
• Oregon Oak
• Russian Oak
• Hungarian Oak
• Romanian Oak
• Slovakian Oak
• Slavonian Oak
• Cork

Sizes

• 225L
• 228L
• 300L

Resources

• Cooper List: Wine Business, Chardonnay
• ISC Barrels
• Bouchard Cooperages
• Knox Barrels
• Whisky Science
• Wine Business
• Oregon Barrel Works