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Pastimes : Wine You Can Enjoy @ Under $20
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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (1019)12/29/2009 6:48:59 PM
From: Peter V  Read Replies (2) of 1277
 
"They used both French and American oak barrels in the production of this wine, as well as oak staves. I know some purists scoff at the idea of using staves, but if good wine can be produced using oak staves and it saves a few bucks on the price of the wine then I have no problems with it."

Although once a necessity from the use of wooden barrels, no doubt that wood has become an expected flavor in many wines. If not, they'd age them all in giant stainless steel tanks, as they do for some white wines. Most wines are blends of wine aged in new and old barrels, French and American oak, to give the requisite level of wood flavor.

Similarly, whiskies gain most of their flavor and all of their color from the alcohol literally leaching compounds out of the barrel wood.

So using wood chips or barrel staves in modern winemaking to achieve a certain flavor profile seems acceptable to me.
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