Why waste time and money on short lived oak barrels?
Flextank offers a better way. HOW FLEXTANK VESSELS WORK: New 60 gallon barrels mature wine by diffusing 20-30mg (15-22cc) of air oxygen per liter of wine per year (mg/l/yr) through their semi porous staves. Each year, approximately 10% of this initial permeability is lost due to progressive clogging with wine solids. Flextank’s taint free, targeted permeability vessels are designed to permeate air-oxygen through the polyethylene in the same natural way, as average 2nd to 3rd season barrels. No change in cellaring practice is required. Flextank vessels offer a number of benefits compared with traditional oak barrels: No Topping Required – Flextank’s polyethylene is almost impermeable to water and alcohol vapor so these vessels do not require routine topping, thus saving significant labor cost. Superior Volatiles Retention – Oak barrels wick out and evaporate fruity ethyl esters and aromatic compounds from wine that are retained by Flextank vessels. Users over 5 vintages in Australia and
