Sapele Hardwood 30 Bottles Wine Rack

Sapele Hardwood 30 Bottles Wine Rack from Wine Rack Store

✅ Available from 18 October

Sapele: properties

Colour

Sapele is a type of timber whose colour darkens with age. The heartwood deepens to an elegant, rich and magnificent dark reddish-brown. Expect to see an iridescent mixture of light pinks, reds, browns and golds, too.

Grain

Sapele’s grain pattern is close, woven and interlocking — its fibres twist tightly as they grow, aligning in opposite directions. This often produces eye-catching ribbon-like patterns on sawn boards.

It’s also common to find sapele with figuring. These are special markings produced in the wood grain. Fiddleback, quilted, wavy, beeswing, swirl, mottled and pommel figuring can all occur in sapele. 

It certainly provides a decorative, sought-after look.

Density

Sapele grows slowly, making it incredibly dense, heavy and scratch resistant, clocking in at a mighty 640kg/m³.

The wood has a Janka hardness score of 6,700 N, greater than genuine mahogany, white oak and teak.

Along with wenge (7,300 N) and zebrano (7,010 N), sapele is one of the strongest woods that is also widely commercially available. It has high resistance to knocks, bending and indentation.

Outdoor durability and stability

Sapele has very good natural resistance to moisture, rot and insects. Sapele’s commendable density also means it’s well suited to withstand knocks, bumps and scrapes that might occur outside.

Sapele’s density, hardness and propensity for straight-grained boles (the trunk centre) make it very stable and predictable throughout its lifespan as a timber product.

Sapele: sustainability

Given their prized physical properties, many populations of African hardwoods have been historically overexploited — that is, depleted faster than they can be replenished. Genuine mahogany, in particular, is at risk of becoming commercially extinct due to illegal logging and unsustainable export levels.

Unlike genuine mahogany, sapele is not listed in the CITES Appendices.

The material is Hardwood

Stores up to 30 Bottles. 

Assembled Dimensions: 

Stores up to 30 Bottles.

• Height: 60cm
• Width: 60cm
• Depth: 30cm

Shipping Cost: Shipping is calculated on checkout page.

Delivery Time: Generally, it takes 3-5 business days for the order delivery in VIC, 5-7 business days for the orders outside VIC.

All the orders of wine racks offer standard shipping via carries below: Sendle, Australia Post, or TNT (business address only). For international order via DHL, Fedex or Australian International Post

• Processing Time: Usually within one business days. (Processing time in our fulfillment center from order receipt to shipment, based on stock availability and normal order volume. These estimates exclude holidays and other peak seasons.)
• Transit Time: 2-10 Business Days - Actual time depends on your distance from our fulfilment centre in Melbourne.

Special Note: Assembly and Custom-built wine racks will take extra 1 working days.