The Oenochêne company
Who are we?
Founded in 2006 and chaired by Jean-Luc Liberto, an oenologist by training, Œnochêne is a company specialising in the production of oak wood for oenology.
The company moved to Mauguio, near Montpellier, in 2013.
The only oak wood production plant for oenology in Languedoc and Roussillon, the company also has a tasting room where it welcomes its customers every Friday.
The specificity of Œnochêne is based on a know-how resulting from more than 10 years of experimentation, allowing the manufacture of pieces of oak wood used in winemaking in order to transmit to them certain constituents from the oak tree.
The origin of Onochene
Within the framework of his mandate as Regional President of the Languedoc-Roussillon Oenologists, Jean-Luc Liberto was entrusted with the mission of conducting an experiment on wood shavings as early as 1995 in connection with the Pays d'Oc Wine Syndicate.
At the end of this experiment, Europe made this new oenological practice official in 2006. It is within this framework that Œnochêne was born.
This new practice consists of adding pieces of oak wood to wines, including for the fermentation of fresh grapes and grape must.
Our Team
Onochene is above all a team of oenologists which has developed particular expertise in the production of oenological woods.
They participate in the structuring of the wine by studying which is the best product and at what stage of the elaboration process to use the range of woods according to the desired wine profile.
This oenological approach is the result of rigorous R&D work using wood.
Our technicians accompany and advise their clients to create pleasurable wines, from to create new wines and create new consumer desires.
Its distribution network
Our products are intended for all professionals in the wine industry: cooperative wineries, wineries, merchants, marketers.
We distribute our products directly in France and also export them throughout the world: Spain, Italy, Portugal, Morocco, Tunisia, Germany, Eastern Europe...
Oenologists architects of wine
They participate in the structuring of the wine by studying which is the best product and at what stage of the elaboration process to use the range of woods according to the desired wine profile. This in order to best meet consumer expectations.
This oenological approach is the result of rigorous R&D work using wood.
An innovative method
Œnochêne uses wood, all from oak trees destined to make barrels. The wood is cut into pieces of varying sizes before being used in the maturing of wines. Above all, the company has developed novel techniques for wood torrefactionThe company is able to extract its best natural compounds - from vanilla to coffee, spiced bread or chocolate - thanks to its control of heating times and temperatures. Œnochêne has thus created a wide range of organoleptic heating profiles.
Œnochêne has also supplemented its range by creating products, made from a selection of the best French oak, dedicated to the premium wine segment. These woods are dried and matured for a minimum of 24 months in the open air.
Research and experimentation
Œnochêne has its own design office which regularly experiments with new toasting techniques in order to innovate, discover new aromatic profiles and thus create new products.
Œnochêne is equipped with an experimental cellar that allows it to test the products from the research laboratory directly on the wines. These experiments allow the determination of the best possible blends between the different grape varieties and the products of Œnochêne.