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Oak has to be light/medium for me to enjoy a wine.
I have a related question that I'm looking for help with...If a wine is "Over Oaked" when it's young, can/does/will that mellow over time, or does the fruit fade and leave the oak? Thanks, AMM
It depends on what you mean by "over oaked". If that really means excessively oaked, then it is likely to be excessively oaked forever, and whether or not it will improve with age depends on how ripe and extracted the fruit is. But usually it is hopeless.
On the other hand, wines which are actually quite balanced and elegant may come across with a bit of too much oak in their infancy, simply because the wood and the fruit are not yet "integrated" enough. In those cases the wine is not so much over-oaked, as simply a bit disjointed (the oak and the fruit appear to be at different "layers"). In those cases, aging helps, as the wood and the fruit tend to blend after a few years into a more harmonious package.
This is hard to put in words, but once you experience the difference between truly over-oaked and simply too young it becomes quite obvious.
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