Elevage wine maturation ingenuity using sustainable wine barrels
matures more wine with more new french oak more often at lower cost, yet also save thousands of mature age oak trees and contribute to climate action. Elevage-Barrels™ solve the winemaking challenge of affordable new french oak annually to profitably mature volume priced premium wines in time for the next vintage. Flexible Elevage-Barrel™ guaranteed programs complement other barrel programs & give winemakers greater control, added flexibility with more simplicity to leverage barrel efficiency, impact on maturation cycle & net zero carbon at less cost to impress stakeholders.
Climate action in the winery as a steppingstone to net zero is challenging and eco-friendly wine barrels make a difference as Elevage-Barrels™ are low carbon compared to traditional barrels?
Elevage-Barrels™ use the combination of the long life Elevage-Infiniti™ stackable OTR barrel with Elevage-BarriQ™ top grade barrel oak, yielding 14 times more wine excellence for the same amount of new French barrel oak by exposing all the new oak to all the wine all the time.
In addition, the Elevage low carbon barrels improve productivity, save utilities, reduce waste, and water usage, use limited cellar space more effectively and safer to handle.
Five key features on how Elevage-Barrels™ make a difference to improving winery productivity:
1. Safer Workplace Culture
Handling fewer barrels and fewer kilograms of oak, easier cleaning, less maintenance needing lower labour intensity.
2. Releases Cellar Space
More compact, stackable, expanding existing cellar space by 50%, avoids additional costly infrastructure and humidification costs, no cradles, and assists cellar hands.
3. Allows Dry Storage
Filling and emptying fewer barrels, no wet barrel storage, saves water, stackable to 4 high for 1kL (or 20 traditional barrels).
4. Inbuilt Training Support
QR code enabling real time response to maturation needs with innovative issues resolution, and best practices access.
5. Eliminates Excess Waste
Conquers unused new oak waste and the inefficiencies of traditional barrels, saves utilities, avoids excess handling, uses limited space more effectively to reduce carbon, save mature oak trees and forests.
‘Elevage-Barrels™ guarantee wine excellence that doesn’t cost the earth’