Level 4 · Lesson 5
Oak Is a System, Not a Flavour
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Glossary
Terms that have earned their place
- Cooperage
- Barrel-making practices and the vessels they produce.
- Toast
- Heating wood during barrel manufacture to alter the compounds available to wine.
- New oak
- Oak vessels not previously used for wine, generally with more extractable material than repeatedly used barrels.
Keep digging
Sources and further reading
- Ridge — 2023 Estate Chardonnay technical sheet (PDF)
- Ridge — 2023 Estate Chardonnay vintage and winemaking data
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.