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„ BARRELS

and analyses but also for the results obtained Every barrel has a story.
with wines. Firstly launched in OENOCHIPS We preserve the natural
format, we had to integrate it into our OENO- wine barrel marks and veins to
STAVE range upon request from our custo-
mers. And we are already thinking of offering show the authenticity of the life
it for other types of alternatives. This product and story of each barrel.
range enhances fruitiness whilst respecting Alejandro Fernández, Pesquera
the identity of the grape varieties and boosts
the positive impact of oak (volume and soft-
ness, round on tannicity...). And this result can from Bordeaux) laboratory, a long-term part-
be obtained thanks to this precise wood selec- ner of our cooperage. Our barrel is a response
tion combined with a unique combination of to the genetic variability of wood. By adding
selected oaks. sweetness or flavour to the mid-palate, it ena-
Over the same period of time and that is bles the wine to linger and helps to carefully
a parallel trend we can observe, there is a preserve the particular features of grape varie-
stronger customer demand for very premium ties and terroirs.
barrels, with a specific profile, and a very qua- Finally winemakers’ objective is to have, year
after year, consistency in the barrel they op-
ted to use in order to reach their oenological
targets. This is only made possible when the
oak DNA is precisely known through analysis
since wood variability can be avoided. There-
fore, combined with the appropriate toasting
level, the resulting barrel profile can be infini-
tely achieved. Seguin Moreau has been con-
ducting oak analysis since the 1980’s, giving
the cooperage a valuable knowledge and da-
tabase on oak profiling. This resource enables
us to market barrels with an oenological profi-
le – it is our ICÔNE range which is celebrating
litative wood selection. This trend is mainly its 10th anniversary this year.
driven by fine wines. These estates are clearly Thus, we do globally assist to a premiumi-
looking for even more precise tools for their sation of the different “aging“ products you
wine aging. As an example, we have lauched can find in wineries whatever the category
a very premium new barrel in 2020: the QTT concerned.
barrel. This name comes from the discovery, Regarding the Corona impact on the co-
after a decade of reseach, of unknown com- operage and wineries. It is clear that it does
pounds – the ‘quercotriterpenoside‘ the QTTs not have the same impact in different coun-
- contained in oak and offering significant tries or for the various actors of the wine in-
sweetening properties. dustry.
Despite the COVID context, this barrel has As far as cooperages are concerned, we do
been enthusiastically adopted by very high- observe that there are two types: the ones
-end customers. It benefits from a very precise which are mainly focused on wine industry
oak wood selection, achieved thanks to a pa- and the ones who are also involved in spirit
tented precise and technological analysis at industry.
the ISVV (Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences The second ones, such as Seguin Moreau,
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