Tonnellerie Mercier - Harvest 2023 Offer

It is our pleasure to formally present New Zealand wineries the option to work with Pacific Rim Oenology and the barrels of artisan cooperage Tonnellerie Mercier.

With so many choices of cooperages and a generally very high standard of material and workmanship it feels very important to us to offer a real point of difference with the barrel selections we present to you.

Tonnellerie Mercier combine technological innovation with the tradition of selecting the best oak with traceability to forest source alongside the very highest specifications for barrel fabrication.

Mercier work specifically with the forests Berce (minerality), Troncais (structure) and Hagueneau (volume, roundness). Each forest region is identified by its own unique soil profile that as with vines and wines, contributes to the identifiable sensory characteristics of the wood used in cooperage.

Quality, consistency and specificity are signatures of the Tonnellerie Mercier barrels across key measures of the forest of origin, toasting, assembly and service.

With a great many options within the catalogue of Mercier we have chosen to introduce this cooperage to New Zealand wineries with two of its very finest and versatile barrel selections for harvest 2023.