American Oak Mini Staves (oak planks) offer controllable oak-integration.

These Mini Staves are approximately 180mm long, 40mm wide and 10mm thick.

American Oak Mini Staves are available across a range of oak and toast options.

American Oak ‘Balance A’

Toast:

• Convection

Aromatics:

• Baking spices and toast. Cedar. Vanilla.

Flavour:

• Cedar oak with a hint of bacon bone.

Mouthfeel:

• Rich front and mid Palate. Fine silky tannins and subtle toast deliver length.

This oak type adds volume and richness.

Recommended Applications

The ‘mini staves’ offer modified surface-to-volume ratio to provide the winemaker with optimum control for a moderately swift transfer of oak flavours and characteristics.

To be used in alcoholic and malolactic fermentations as well as maturation applications.

Pack Sizes:

• Single Mini Staves
• 5 x Mini Staves (SAVE 20% OFF Single Mini Stave Price)
• 5 Kg Tank Bag of Mini Staves (BUY IN BULK AND SAVE!)

This product is a practical alternative to longer ‘tank planks’.

Dosage rate:

An application rate of one-to-three square metres in 1000 litres of wine delivers the required integration sought by winemakers.

However, this product can be used at low rates for medium to long-term extraction times (six-to-12 months), as well as higher rates for short-term extraction times (one-to-three months).

*Please note: The dosage rates are recommendations only and individual trials, carried out according to grape varieties and desired outcomes, are highly recommended.

** Products may vary in colour and size