Oak Beans
Whether in tank or barrel, when you have less time to oak your wine or just want to touch up your wine, use the StaVin Oak Bean. The Beans are cut from our minimum three-year seasoned, Fire Toasted staves and offer a quicker extraction rate while delivering the same complex flavor compounds as our staves.
We also offer two other bagged products for tanks using two additional toasting preparations: the Savour Oak String Bean and Barrel Head Long Bean. These can be used separately or in combination with the Fire Toasted Beans. Blending these products with micro-oxygenation will enable you to replicate any of your favorite barrels.
Conveniently, for those who want to avoid opening the heads of their barrels, Oak Beans can be deployed loose in the barrel or with an Infusion Tube.
During fermentation, Beans are a natural oak product for initiating the stabilization of color and for cross-linking tannins. Early use of Beans in red wine production helps build a wine’s structure, which will improve mouthfeel and tend to deepen the color of a red wine.
Technical Specifications
- 100% New barrel impact: Use 1.5 lb (680 g) per 60 gal (227 l)
- Size: ± 3/8 inch (10 mm) cubed
- Contact time: 2 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
- Useful life: 1 year
- Type of oak: American, French or Hungarian
- Displacement: 4.3 gal (16 l)
- Package Weight: 20 lb (9 kg) bag
Product Applications
Beans are shipped in poly-metal bags. Inside each bag is a 20 lb (9 kg) food-grade nylon mesh bag.
The Savour Oak String Bean and Barrel Head Long Bean can be used either separately or in combination with the Fire Toasted Beans.