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Barrel Basics

Submitted By Steve Peck, winemaker, red wine 

One of the tasks that the J. Lohr winemaking team takes on each winter is to evaluate our oak cooperage in preparation for placing barrel orders that will carry us into  the next vintage. We use both American and French barrels at J. Lohr. Ordering American oak is pretty routine, requiring lead times of just a few months. French Oak barrels, however, need to be coopered and shipped before most of France goes on vacation in August. If all of our French barrel orders are not finalized by mid-June, we risk not having our inventory complete prior to when the barrels are needed.

 Brenden Wood, assistant winemaker, barrel tasting in Paso Robles 

Stylistically, how do we assess our needs? Tasting the same wine from different coopers, forests and toasting levels is both enlightening and crucial for wine quality. This is a key aspect in our assessment. We are looking for flavors of coffee, cocoa, crème brulee, dark chocolate, toast, sweet oak/vanilla, spices, or tobacco that complement the wine flavors without any “elbows”. We look for characters that meld seamlessly with the wine, creating balance and integration. We shy away from astringency, bitterness, short finish, heavy oak char, or disjointed characters that would take away from the mouthfeel of the wine.   

Our winemaking team tastes through barrel samples every year to find the best lots to blend

By methodically tasting each vintage, we move away from barrels that are detracting from our wine style and buy more of those that are working well.  With more than 15 coopers that we partner with, multiple forests, toasting levels, stave thickness, and seasoning time we feel very fortunate that we have so many options that contribute to the exceptional barrel program that we take great pride in.