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The proper use of Oak Alternatives improves wine aroma and taste in a way that makes it pleasing to the international and new consumer market, whilst reducing cost and time compared to barrel ageing.
For centuries, winemakers have utilized oak barrels for making wine. Today, oak barrels are still considered the optimal treatment for high quality wines, however using them imposes some major challenges for winemakers. For this reason, alternative methods and tools have been developed which give winemakers greater control and flexibility with oak ageing.
There are many reasons to consider oak alternatives:
• Cost is the most common reason for using barrel alternatives. Barrel alternatives significantly reduce oak investment, labor and timing.
• Storage space is considerably reduced when using tanks and oak alternatives to simulate oak ageing instead of barrels.
• Quality is more consistent and easier to check.
• Risk of microbiological contamination is reduced.
• Ease of Use: large volumes can be treated in tank, minimizing wine transfers and handling.
How to choose the right Oak Alternative? With Enartis Incanto Range of oak chips, ministaves and soluble alternatives, winemakers have ultimate control over their oak program to meet all wine needs and expectations.
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Incanto Range
Incanto NC products are completely soluble formulations containing tannins mainly extracted from toasted oak and yeast polysaccharides. They mimic the effect of oak dust in fermentation while offering advantages such as an absence of solids that could damage mechanical parts of winery equipment, dosages 10 times smaller than typical oak powder, zero loss of colour by solid absorption and reduced waste. When deciding which oak alternative to use, we always recommend setting up trials. This way, winemakers can base their oak alternative decision on accurate data and tasting.
Incanto Dark Chocolate
Composition: French oak, heavy toast.
Sensory aroma characteristics: cocoa, bitter chocolate, black coffee, toasted almond, toasted hazelnut, licorice, pepper.
Taste characteristics: increases softness, volume and pleasant tannins. Incanto Dark Chocolate is available in Chips, Ministaves and Barrel Boost.
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Incanto Black Spice
Sensory aroma characteristics: marked notes of black pepper, cocoa, licorice, spices, red fruit, dried fruit and vanilla.
Taste characteristics: particularly increases smoothness and sweetness.
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Incanto NC Cherry
Soluble mixture of toasted oak tannin, cherry tree wood tannin, yeast derivative rich in polysaccharide and antioxidant sulfur peptides. Incanto NC Cherry promotes color stabilization, prevents oxidation, enhances fresh red fruit notes and increases wine volume, structure and length.
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Choosing the right OAK ALTERNATIVE
The proper use of Oak Alternatives improves wine aroma and taste in a way that makes it pleasing to the international and new consumer market, whilst reducing cost and time compared to barrel ageing. With Enartis Incanto Range of oak chips, ministaves and soluble alternatives, winemakers have ultimate control over their oak program to meet all wine needs and expectations.
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Once fermentations are finished, it’s time to evaluate wine quality and decide the destination of each wine: for early release or long-term ageing, fresh and fruity or oak-aged style.
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