blending diverse skills & experience
Ultimate Oak Provenance Range - Affordable New Oak Every Vintage
Accessing the experience of Forestry Experts to guide the finest oak to maturity over perpetual seasons, taking some 170 years to mature for harvest ready trees. The French Forestry Commission (ONF) is a principle oak supplier through our strategic partner Charles Group - a leading global cooperage.
The knowledge of the Oak Miller brings multigenerational commitment with over 100 years of experience of producing barrel oak. The selection, preparation and natural seasoning of our finest grade flat barrel oak is adapted to the specific profile requirements.
The Craftsmanship to produce expressive wine styles of elegance, complexity and structure using Elevage-BarriQ™ oak affordably across a wide RRP range. Sourced from carefully selected provenance and toasting profiles for integrating flavour that are meticulously configured to the terroir, region, vineyard and OTR barrel. Our oaks are used in conjunction the highest quality Elevage-Infiniti™ reusuable OTR barrels with constant consistent oxygen transfer that precisely controls the marriage of oak & oxygen to elevate wine quality..
The expertise of the Viticulturist with a deep understanding of the vines, together with the artistry of the Winemaker to coax the ultimate expression from the terroir and the season using OTR barrels to being the best out of the oak, by bringing talent and judgement to the nuances of every vintage.
Elevage-BarriQ™ Barrel Oak
An alliance with one of the leading French Cooperages, Group Charlois, provides Elevage-Barrel customers with a privileged direct supply of premium French finest grade barrel oak from some of the most prestigious forests in central France.. . Top-end barrel oak range – unbent, no hoops, not alternate staves, or chips,, is added to the wine in larger OTR barrels (1kL/2kL), not wine to the oak – wine ignores shape and wine drinkers care about carbon..
Elevage-BarriQ™ oak is exquisite hand split barrel quality oak that is PEFC and origin guaranteed. Quality, forest sourcing, seasoning and toasting is quality controlled tightly by our team, led by our resident French oak expert.