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American, Hybrid, and Eastern European Oak Barrels

Pennsylvania Oak

This tight-grained American oak barrel is a beautiful fit for a wide variety of wines, imparting subtle oak flavors while highlighting the quality of the fruit. This oak is tight and uniform, delivering consistently stunning results. Expect vanilla and caramel notes with a hint of spice.

Available in:

  • 225L Bordeaux Export

  • 225L Bordeaux Export Thin Stave 22mm

  • 228L Burgundy Export

  • 265L Export

  • 300L Export

Fusion

Oak is forested from the foothills of the Appalachian Mountain range, where the majority of the soil profile derives from sandstone and shale. This barrel has spice characteristics in the nose, such as pepper and clove, adding richness and mid-palate structure. Works very well with both red and white varietals.

Available in:

  • 225L Bordeaux Export

  • 225L Bordeaux Export Thin Stave 22mm

  • 228L Burgundy Export

Eastern European

Made from forest selections of the finest tight-grain wood, our Eastern European barrels are known for imparting aromatic spice components – nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice. This barrel pairs beautifully with both reds and whites.

Available in:

  • 225L Bordeaux Export

  • 225L Bordeaux Export Thin Stave 22mm

  • 228L Burgundy Export

  • 265L Export 

  • 300L Export

Saint Louis – French/American Blend

This barrel is the perfect alliance between the aromatic freshness of American Oak and the finesse and roundness of French Oak, giving the wine complexity and an ideal structural balance across the senses.

Available in:

  • 225L Bordeaux Export

  • 265L Export

  • 300L Export

Other Sizes & Options

American Small Format Barrels

This barrel is perfect for smaller batches of wine, beer, or spirits. You can expect enhanced aromatics, a structured mouth feel, and highlighted flavor expression.

Available in:

  • American oak 110L (30 gal.) Barrel 

Option (Additional Fee)

36 month seasoning

Available Toasts

Light, Medium, Medium Plus, Heavy

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French Oak Barrels 

The Ritual Range (NEW)

Ritual R – 

Dedicated to fine red wines, Marchive Ritual “R” was developed to meet the needs of customers seeking a respectful fruity expression while helping to ensure its tannins are round and smooth. With the expertise of our stave makers, we’re able to select a blend of extra fine grain wood, seasoned for 24 months, which is then finished with our proprietary Respect toast. This is a low temperature, prolonged toast using very precise water-spraying cycles.

Ritual B – 

Dedicated to white wines, Marchive Ritual “B” was developed to meet the needs of customers seeking a harmony with the expression of fine white wines. With the expertise of our stave makers, we’re able to select a blend of fine to semi-fine grain wood, seasoned for 24 months. Fnished with our Infinite toast, this barrel brings freshness, increased minerality, while preserving aromatic expression.

  • Available in: 225L Bordeaux Export/FAE (27mm or 22mm)
  • 228L Burgundy Transport
  • 225L Bordeaux Chateau Ferre
  • 225L Bordeaux Château Tradition

Fine (Tight) Grain

Our range of Fine grain oak barrels results from French barrel-making expertise that has been handed down and respected for generations. This range has been carefully crafted to meet the exacting requirements you have for your wines. Selection of raw material, duration of the stave seasoning, capacity, and toast…we work with you to find the barrel best suited to your needs.

Available in:

  • Available in: 225L to 600L

Semi-Fine (Medium) Grain

As well as the wood’s origin, the staves’ seasoning, the toast level, and the grain of the barrel’s oak are determining factors in the quality of the finished wine. Tonnellerie Marchive offers a range of 225L oak barrels whose staves have been carefully sorted to obtain a selection of semi-fine grain oak. These barrels will enable you to enhance the structure of your wine.

Available in:

  • 225L Bordeaux Export/FAE (27mm or 22mm)

  • 225L Bordeaux Chateau Ferre

  • 225L Bordeaux Château Tradition

Marchive Acacia Oak

Offering a different taste profile for white wines, this tight-grained dense wood adds a light floral & citrus aromatics mouth feel with minimal wood flavors.

Available in:

  • 225L Bordeaux Export/FAE (27mm or 22mm)
  • 265L Export
  • 300L Export
  • 500L Puncheon

Other Sizes & Options

French Small Format Barrels

These barrels are perfect for smaller batches of wine, beer, or spirits. You can expect enhanced aromatics, a structured mouth feel, and highlighted flavor expression.

Available in:

  • French oak 110L (30 gal.) Barrel

Options (Additional Fee)

36 month seasoning, Burgundy Traditional, Chateau Ferre, Chateau Traditional

On select barrels only, additional fee applies.

Available Toasts

Traditional Toasts

  • Light Toast – Brings out the wine’s fruit aromas.
  • Medium Toast – Adds aromatic complexity, bringing fruit to the fore and adding subtle vanilla notes.
  • Medium+ Toast – Creates a well-balanced combination of fruit and refined, spicy, roasted flavors.
  • Heavy Toast – Develops spicy and roasted flavors.

Special Toasts

  • Respect – Best used with red wines, this toast provides fruit, freshness, tension and structure.
  • Infinite – Best used with white wines, this toast enhances the structure and brings out minerality and freshness while respecting the fruit.

Options

  • Stave seasoning 36 months.

Explore the Marchive Barrel Range Details

Explore the Ritual range for both red and white wines, learn about our fine grain oak barrels and more.