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Oak Alternatives
The Seguin Moreau innovative range of oak alternative products: Oenochips, Oenoblock, Oenostave and Oenostick, the perfect solution for your maturation needs.
The formats
Four formats, one purpose
Oak character where a new barrel isn't the right answer: in tank, in older wood, or wherever the wine needs shaping with more precision than volume.
Oenochips
The finest format in the range, used during or after malolactic fermentation, or during maturation.
Oenoblock
Larger pieces of oak for a slower, steadier contribution, in French or American oak at several toast levels.
Oenostave
Full-length oak in 7mm or 18mm, untoasted through to medium plus, ready to be rigged into a tank.
Oenostick
Barrel inserts cut from the same oak as Seguin Moreau barrels, used to bring older barrels back to life.
Where they earn their place
Precision, not compromise
Alternatives are often treated as the budget option. Used properly they're something else entirely, a way to place oak exactly where a wine needs it, in vessels a barrel could never reach, and to keep older barrels working harder for longer.
- In tank. Bring oak to volumes that would be impractical to barrel down.
- In older wood. Restore contribution to barrels past their first fill.
- By design. Part of the Seguin Moreau range, made by the same house as the barrels.
Not sure which format?
That's the conversation worth having
Format, dosage and timing all move together. Tell us the wine and the vessel it's sitting in, and we'll work back from there.