Optimal use of the oak raw material

Optimal valuation the oak raw material is one of the Charlois group’s core commitments. We recycle 100% of our wood raw material and almost 90% of this is in-house.   We primarily aim to recycle the by-products from the Group’s stave mills (coquerons, short off-cuts, shavings, sawdust and sweepings), which make up 35% of the […]

To make the most of oak as a raw material and in response to evolving oenological practices, we have developed a range of oak products for oenology. These products, crafted from oak of stave quality that is not selected for cooperage due to minor imperfections (such as small knots or grain irregularities), provide a precise […]

An Ancestral Roofing Material Firmly Focused on Sustainability and the Future   With a constant commitment to optimizing the use of oak as a raw material, the Charlois Group repurposes oak staves that are too short for cooperage into oak tiles for building roofs.   Historically used in regions abundant with wood, wooden tiles eventually […]

The Groupe Charlois is the largest oak forestry operator in France, managing nearly 10% of the total annual market volume of French oaks. It is also the undisputed leader in the French oak stave (merrain) market. Due to the highly selective quality standards required for stave production, only half of the purchased volume meets the […]