Soluble Oak™ & Wine
Townshend Cellar
“The products are as pure as we would get through a brand new barrel. There are no secondary flavors.”
-Brendan Townsend
Barrel Aging Has Shaped Wine for Centuries. It's Also Shaped by the Barrel's Limits
Winemaking is a conservative craft, and for good reason — you get one crop a year, and every decision about oak aging is a bet you can’t easily undo.
The Barrel's Trade-Offs
Traditional barrel aging is:
Slow
Expensive
Labor-intensive
Unpredictable
Not sustainable
Every barrel is a gamble on consistency. No two impart oak the same way, which means no two vintages taste quite the way you intended — even when you’re chasing the same profile you nailed last year.
What That Costs You
Months, sometimes years, stand between fermentation and a market-ready bottle — time your capital sits tied up in barrels instead of funding your next release. Inconsistent oak character puts your reputation on the line with every vintage. And barrel life is finite: even your best barrels eventually stop giving you anything new.
The Full Oak Profile, the Moment You Want It
Soluble Oak™ is added directly post-fermentation — no changes to your existing infrastructure, and results that are immediate. Instantly imbue your wine with a delicate, complex oak profile, consistently drawing out the most prized and elusive compounds — vanillins, diacetyl, rich oak lactones — while avoiding off-flavors altogether.
Natural. 100% oak — all the best compounds and essential oils, without secondary or non-oak flavors.
Instantaneous. No aging cycle. Added post-fermentation, results are immediate.
Capturing Nuance. Bypass barrel aging entirely and still capture White Oak’s most elusive, prized flavor profiles.
Mouthfeel. Instant, silky-smooth mouthfeel.
Consistency. No more guesswork — the same delicious oak profile, every vintage.
Speed-to-Market. Sell wine months or years earlier than a traditional barrel program allows — a real competitive edge.
Scalable. Requires no changes to your existing infrastructure, and scales cleanly for large production runs.
Re-Charge Oak Barrels. Already have barrels you love? Soluble Oak can extend their life 2–3x by replenishing leached oak compounds — or you can bypass the barrel altogether. (Barrel aging still offers oxygenation and esterification you may want to preserve.)
Proven at the Table, Not Just in the Lab
At one winery, the owner and key staff sat down to test Soluble Oak against their own barrel-aged wine. Their sommelier asked if anyone could tell the difference. The room went silent, and the owner ordered more product for further testing.
Brendan Townsend of Townsend Cellar put it directly: “The products are as pure as we would get through a brand new barrel. There are no secondary flavors.”
We’ve also released a blend combining the best of French oak (flavor profile) with the best of American oak (mouthfeel) — the best of show.
Soluble Oak™ is a proprietary, patent-pending extraction technology and a Social Purpose Corporation, using 80% less oak than traditional barrels while protecting old-growth oak trees. Learn more about Sustainable Oak.
Mission
Our work is the uncompromised pursuit of pristine White Oak flavor. Our purpose is to help you produce even more outstanding Wine with Sustainable Oak.
Ready to dose?
Use the Dosing Guide to choose the right oak, learn how to dose, find a suggested starting point, and see price-to-dose ratios: