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Oak Barrel Aging Available |
3171 Strandherd Drive
Unit 205B
Nepean ON
K2J 5N1
(613)
825 - WINE (9463)
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3171 Strandherd Drive Unit 205B Nepean ON K2J 5N1 (613) 825 - WINE (9463) | |
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Oak Barrel
Winehaven also provides Oak Barrel Aging. Placing your wines in a 23 litre oak barrel for up to 2 weeks will enhance the quality of your wine and if you are a traditionalist, you will be following in the footsteps of winemakers who date back at least 2,500 years. The use of oak, in the right amount, can turn an average wine into a prizewinner. Oak's delicate vanilla scent and complex toastiness enhances the fruit flavours and aromas already present, forming a complex bouquet. Commonly, only full-bodied red wines and richly flavoured whites like Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are treated with oak. One of the most enduring - and evocative - images in the winemaking world is that of the barrel room. Virtually every commercial vintner has one, and it's among the "must sees" on any winery tour. Besides its symmetrical beauty and photo-op appeal, the barrel room indicates that the vintner is shooting for an elusive quality in his wine. Barrel aging is one of the common denominators in wines that reach beyond the ordinary. A good barrel can make a tremendous difference in the quality of your wine. To a red, it conveys a softness and complexity that adds great character, due to the conversion of harsh tannins to softer polymers; to some whites - particularly Chardonnays and similar wines - it can give additional aromatic qualities that make the wine special. Two weeks in a barrel can mature a white wine as much as a year in a carboy would have done, and in the process confer a delicate but attractive oakiness that announces the wine as truly "commercial" in character. |
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