He’s a forest man. The Bertranges forest, where he grew up and still lives today. Maxime Bollotte, 17, a student at the forestry high school in Crogny (Aube), has just returned from a week’s trip to Romania, where he took part in the European forestry race team championships. Last September, Maxime was at Charlois […]
Oaks may be sold either standing, roadside or cut to size. Standing timber: lTrees offered for sale are marked or selected by the seller (ONF, forestry expert…), in the forest, to form a batch. Once the deed of sale has been signed, the buyer becomes the owner and is responsible for harvesting, felling and […]
The majestic oaks of cathedral stands are the result of generations of forestry expertise, centered on the silvicultural technique of regular futaie régulière.practiced for centuries. Regular stand management involves growing trees of roughly the same age and size on the same plot, progressing through the following stages:six major growth stages: seedling (0–5 years), sapling […]
Throughout the year, Charlois Group buyers travel across French forests in search of the finest oaks to be used in crafting barrels for aging wines and spirits. The Charlois Group is the leading purchaser of oak from the ONF (National Forestry Office), whose sustainable forest management practices prominentlyfeature the regular oak stand silviculture method*.fine-grain oaks, […]
The oaks used for cooperage (merrain) are between 150 and 200 years old or older and account for only 1% of the total volume of French wood sold annually. These trees are, therefore, extremely rare. In France, only the chêne sessile (Quercus petraea), also known as durmast oak) and the pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) […]
Without human intervention, forests would not be able to produce wood in sufficient quantity or quality to meet society’s needs while continuing to thrive. This is why specific forestry practices and management plans must be implemented for each tree species, depending on their intended use. French merrain oak represents exceptional wood quality, intrinsically tied […]
French oak used in cooperage represents an exceptional quality of wood that meets strict specifications. Oak of merrain quality belongs to the elite of French oaks, accounting for less than 1% of the total volume of wood (all species combined) sold annually in France. As a result, merrain is an extremely rare raw material that […]
The Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa), Commonly known as the bur oak, the large-fruited oak belongs to the Fagaceae family. Its natural range spans the vast plains of the central and western United States, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, including: United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, North and South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, […]
ONF Fall Sale of Nevers (October 15, 2021) The big annual autumn sale of hardwood lumber from the public forests of Nièvre and Yonne departments was organized last week by the ONF in Clamecy, in the north of Nièvre *. Timber sales, organized throughout the year, are part of the forest management process necessary […]
The American chestnut oak (Quercus montana), commonly called Rock chesnut oak in English, is a tree of the Fagaceae family whose natural range extends from the center to the northeast of the United States of America, the Appalachian Mountains constituting its southern limit: Alabama, North and South Carolina, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, […]
