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Premium Oak Alternatives  |
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American & French Oak |
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OakEX™ Select or Traditional Toasting Styles |
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Less expensive than traditional barrels without compromising quality |
OakEX™ is a specially crafted range of oak products designed to promote structure, finesse and elegance in your wine.
OakEX™ is available in two toasting styles:
• Select (or convection toasting)
• Traditional toasting
The product range includes:
• Fines
• Chips
• Blocks
• Mini Staves
Packaging is available in food grade infusion or ‘tea’ bags.
Barrel insert kits, barrel renewal kits and staves are available upon request.
Tailor made solutions
For 75 years Tarac has been committed to the Australian Wine Industry through innovation and development.
If you require a custom designed OakEX™ Select product for your wine, Tarac will work with you to produce a tailor made toasted product. Our precision temperature control system enables us to confidently reproduce specialized toasting recipes consistenly.
Simply contact Tarac Technologies to discuss how we can tailor the most perfectly partnered oak that your wine deserves …. and the consumer demands.
For further information or to receive your free trial kit please click here.
| Fines |
 Available in:
• Select
• Traditional Toast
• Natural
Powder consistency for ease of use at the crusher and speedy uptake of oak flavours. Excellent for stabilizing colour and promotion of tannin building early in the wines life. Typically used during ferment as it is easily pumped and pressed and can be used to combat undesirable herbaceous characters in low quality fruit.
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| Chips |
 Available in:
• Select
• Traditional Toast
An extensive range of size options are available to enable varied rates of extraction. Smaller sized chips provide more immediate effects with larger ones emulating characteristics typically found with barrel maturation.
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| Blocks |
 Available in:
• Select
• Traditional Toast
Suitable for extended extraction periods as blocks have a smaller surface area to mass ratio than chips. Body and structure can be enhanced by slower extraction rates, producing more elegant integrated results.
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| Mini Staves |
 Available in:
• Select
• Traditional Toast
An extensive range of size options are available to enable varied rates of extraction. Smaller sized chips provide more immediate effects with larger ones emulating characteristics typically found with barrel maturation.
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