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Oak Barrels
Three cooperages, three philosophies, one aim: a barrel built around the wine you intend to make rather than the one you happen to be sold.
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Seguin Moreau
At Seguin Moreau you can create the barrel that suits your oenological needs, by selecting the wood type, toast levels, containers, models and finishes you require. Red or white, we've got you covered.
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Tonnellerie Millet
At Millet, every barrel is designed to enhance the wine's character. Offering you carefully selected wood, expert craftsmanship, and a meticulous attention to detail that promotes refined aging.
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Tonnellerie Plantagenet
A boutique cooperage run by Marc Plantagenet, who also heads Seguin Moreau in Bourgogne. French oak is blended in equal parts from four forests for consistency, in two grain selections, with three Burgundian toasting profiles: Nuance for freshness of fruit, Special for notes of fresh bread, and Double for volume and sweet oak without dominating.
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Five decisions, one barrel
A Seguin Moreau barrel is assembled from choices rather than picked from a catalogue. Each of these is yours to set.
Wood type
The oak itself, the starting point for everything that follows in the barrel.
Toast level
How the barrel is fired, and with it the aromatic register the wood contributes.
Container
The vessel format your cellar and your volumes are built around.
Model
The barrel's shape and construction, matched to style and intended aging.
Finish
The final detailing of the barrel as it leaves the cooperage.
Red or white
Both are covered, with barrels built for the demands of each.
Working with us
Start with the wine, not the order form
The useful conversation is rarely about quantities. It's about the fruit you're working with, the style you're chasing and how much the wood should be heard. Once that's clear, the specification tends to write itself.
Tine Ferreira looks after barrels and oak alternatives, and is the right first call for anything in this part of the range.