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52 WINES&VINES March 2017 T.W. BOSWELL T.W. Boswell released the Minerality bar- rel, which is the latest addition to its Cool Climate series. The barrel is produced with 36-month, extra-fine-grain French oak from T.W. Boswell's "Special Reserve" premium wood selection and toasted with "low-impact proprietary toasts." Accord- ing to the cooperage, the barrel is built to accentuate minerality and fruit acidity "while adding a light touch of oak, firm structure and a crisp, steely finish." twboswell.com TONNELLERIE Ô By working with partner stave mills in Minnesota, Missouri and Virginia, Tonnel- lerie Ô is now offering a "Single Mill Se- ries" of American oak barrels. The cooperage isolates wood sourcing, stave production and seasoning "for a clear, mill-designated personality." The staves are aged for 36 months to achieve "the most elegant expression of American oak," and are available in 200-, 225-, 228- and 265-liter sizes with a thin-stave option for the 225-liter barrel. Available toasts in- clude blond, medium, medium-plus and heavy as well as custom. The cooperage also added new French Oak Futaie selec- tions from single mills in Bordeaux avail- able in Thin Stave and Burgundy Export formats with proprietary toasting. tonnellerieo.com Coopers continue to tout new barrels that provide subtle hints of oak and structure to wine. Examples include T.W. Boswell's Minerality barrel and the latest edition to Seguin Moreau's Icône line of barrels. Two other suppliers, Bouchard Cooperages and Tonnellerie Ô, are now offering American oak barrels built with wood from forests in specific states and even cut at specific stave mills. PRODUCT FOCUS New Barrels Latest aging vessels for wine have a lighter touch and American oak designates By Andrew Adams