Sourcing

At Innerstave we source tight grain, clean, and sap-free barrel quality oak from our suppliers in both Central France and the Ozark Plateau Region. The different sizes and thickness of our various products allow us to use every inch of each tree’s usable barrel-quality material.

Customization & Milling

Innerstave’s unique control over quality begins when we receive the lumber. From there we are able to mill to our customer specifications. All of our standard products are arranged so that as we mill down from large format products to small every possible square inch of the lumber we purchase is used so there is almost zero waste.

Toasting

All our oak undergoes a variety of convection toasting protocols, rather than hand-fired, which results in a more consistent and uniform toast. We take great care to ensure that our premium oak flavor profiles remain consistent from year to year, enabling our customers to achieve repeatable outcomes.

explore our distinctive toast profiles

All of our oak undergoes a variety of convection toasting protocols, which results in a consistent and uniform toast profile. We take great care to ensure that tour premium oak flavor profiles remain consistent from year to year, enabling our customers to achieve repeatable outcomes.

French oak

We have two lines of French Oak Complements – our standard French Range and our Revere French Range.

Both lines employ the same high quality sourcing but undergo different seasoning regimens. Our standard French Range is seasoned for 24-months while our Revere Range is seasoned for 36-months.

American oak

Our premium American Oak Complement range sets the industry standard for convection toasted, 24 month minimum seasoned flavor profiles.

economic benefits

Cashflow – Oak Complements cost a fraction of the price of new barrels in terms of up front costs, sometimes going as low as 1/10th the cost of new barrels
Labor – Barrel maintenance requires expensive and hard to find labor that puts financial burdens on producers. It is also time-consuming and difficult to hire and train for these positions in a very competitive labor market.
Storage – It is far more efficient to store wine in tanks than it is in 53 gallon increments.
Safety – Stacking barrel racks in warehouses causes a safety concern, especially when spatial constraints require warehouses to maximize their space and stack 8-high.

useage benefits

Workflow – Oak Complements allow a customization of flavors, extraction time, aging vessels and budget.

On-demand Oak – While we encourage our customers in advance of their need date, we strive to keep a current inventory of all our standard products so that you can season your beverages to taste and react quickly to the various issues that arise with vintage challenges, fast-approaching bottling dates and any other issue that may require quick action.