Wood aging in Carboy

[WineHombre]

So I have made several batches of wine and have used everything from oak chips to oak cubes and oak spirals to age the wine in the carboys until I found Beyond Barrel aging staves. This makes a huge difference in the flavor of my wine. I reached out to the owner of the brand and he explained to me that his wood is 5 year opened air seasoned wood which is what would be found in a barrel that would cost more than $5k for s winery to buy. Additionally he uses these long sticks to limit something called end grain because end grain is bad for flavors according to him. I don't know a lot about all that science stuff I just know that the wine tastes a lot better when I age it with these staves. They have French, American oaka and cherry wood . Check out bbaging.com for more details. I use these oak infusion tubes to soak the staves in the carboys. They are expensive but worth it IMO.

 

[ChuckD]

I never heard of using cherrywood for aging wine.

 

[WineHombre]

I never heard of using cherrywood for aging wine.

I have never heard of it either so I asked the owner about it. He said they can't use it for barrels because it won't seal but he said it works great when infusuing it in wine. I recently saw it mentioned in the Barrel Alternatives article in winemaker magazing this month as well.

 

[ChuckD]

I have never heard of it either so I asked the owner about it. He said they can't use it for barrels because it won't seal but he said it works great when infusuing it in wine. I recently saw it mentioned in the Barrel Alternatives article in winemaker magazing this month as well.

I have plenty of 10yr old air dried cherry sitting around… I sense an experiment in the making

 

[WineHombre]

I have plenty of 10yr old air dried cherry sitting around… I sense an experiment in the making

I would love to hear how it works out. According to the article in WineMaker Magazing it can add some pleasant aromatics to wine. The owner said he aged a bordeaux with it and it turned out great.