French Oak Chips

French oak sports the highest tannin content of the various oak types. French oak is more porous than the American and Hungarian types so it presents more types of extracts to impart sweet, woody, spice, clove and dry flavors. French oak is highly prized for barrels and aging because of the number of complex characters it adds. It extracts more quickly than most other oak types, and can quickly overpower if not monitored closely.