Tradition and technology, united, have created our Aroma Toast™. Our cooper is aided by electric heat that is used to bend and toast the barrel in a strictly controlled environment. Electric coils produce exacting heat and eliminate any distracting odors, allowing the cooper to focus on the aromas from the barrel, not the oak fires below. Our cooper manages the barrel as it progressively increases in temperature, passing through the charted aroma stages, until he is confident, through his experienced senses, that the barrel arrives at the desired Aroma Toast™. Additional aid is provided to the cooper by computers that monitor the barrel's temperature and toasting time.

• American, French or Eastern European Oak
• Hybrid also available (French oak heads and American oak staves).
• 59 and 65 gallons/225 and 246 liters
• 24 and 30 month air seasoned oak available
• Limited quantities of 36-month oak available
• Proprietary Aroma Toast™
• Slow toast over open oak fires
• Toasted heads
• Galvanized hoops and rivets
• Thin stave option available

*53 gallon/200 liter barrels are steam bent

Typical Sensory Attributes

• Light Aroma Toast™ provides a sweet, spicy oak aroma
• Medium Aroma Toast™ has added vanilla noets with honey and toasted bread aromas
• Heavy Aroma Toast™ is layered with chocolate, coffee, almond and hints of smoke

These barrels work exceptionally well...

• With heavily extracted wine where greater oak intensity is needed
• When little or no smoke is desired
• To secure very specific aromas and flavors