Barrel Replica
Use the StaVin Barrel Replica to impart three-year seasoned French, American, or Hungarian oak to your neutral barrels. It comes in three toasting preparations: StaVin Traditional Fire, Savour Oak Convection Oven, and Barrel Head. We can also blend all three toasts to create your favorite barrel blends.
Installation is easy. Screw the stainless eye hook (included in the package) into the bottom of your bung, thread the end loop through the eye hook and over the top of the bung. Cinch the cord to anchor the Replica to the bung and then feed the Replica sections into the neutral barrel. You now have new barrel flavors in your old barrel at an 85% cost savings. The Replica has been the clear choice for controlling expenditures while adding subtle, high-quality oak complexities to your wines.
Technical Specifications
- 100% New barrel impact: One Barrel Replica per 60 gal (227 l)
- Stave length: 17.5 inches (45 cm)
- Stave width: ± 1 inch (2.5 cm)
- Stave thickness: ± 3/8 inch (10 mm)
- Total staves: 30, divided into 10 sections
- Contact time: 3 months minimum
- Seasoning: 3 years in natural elements
- Toast method: Oven Toast, Traditional Fire, Barrel Head and Savour Oak Convection
- Toast levels: Medium, Medium Plus or Heavy (Fire Toast only)
- Useful life: 18 months
- Type of oak: American, French or Hungarian
- Displacement: 0.7 gal (2.7 l)
- Parts included: One 304 stainless steel eye hook
Features and Benefits
Quickly and simply installed, the Barrel Replica removes easily so barrels can be sanitized, sulfured, and stored empty.
Install the Barrel Replica using a 304 stainless eye hook inserted directly into the bottom of the bung.
The Replica is versatile. If you favor less oak (50% of new barrel extraction spread over two barrels), cut the ten sections into two groups of five. A loop is provided at each end.