Partners in Wine
Robb Report Singapore|May 2023
Superior grapes require superior oak casks to age in. The world's top winemakers buy theirs from Tonnellerie Radoux, known for its combination of old-school and high-tech methods
Jeff Jenssen and Mike DeSimone
Partners in Wine

JUST AS GREAT wine is a product of the vineyard, exceptional wine barrels start in the forest. Continuing a tradition that has been in practice for two millennia, the artisans at Tonnellerie Radoux rely on both experience and technology to select oak trees that will be handcrafted into some of the world’s finest wine casks. In 1947, Robert Radoux established a barrelrepair workshop just northeast of Bordeaux, in Jonzac, France; 30 years later, his son, Christian, took over and expanded the business to encompass production, before formally founding Tonnellerie Radoux in 1982.

Now one of the globe’s pre-eminent barrel makers, Radoux in 1998 became the first in the category to trade on the Paris Stock Exchange. A decade later it launched Oakscan, technology that instantly measures the level of polyphenols—which have a crucial impact on wine’s tannic structure and flavour—contained in barrel staves (the strips of wood that form the vessel).

The company was acquired by industry leader François Frères Cooperage in 2012.

Although some Radoux casks are made in California’s Central Valley with American oak, the majority come from Jonzac, in the heart of the Cognac region, from old-growth oak harvested in the centre of the country. In the same way that fine wine is still largely made by hand, barrel-making is a manual process, performed by artisans with an average of 20 to 30 years of experience.

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