Oak??

[wondersofwine]

The red wines you mention certainly saw some time in oak. But whether the vintner uses older oak barrels (that don't impart much tannin or flavor to the wines) or newer oak barrels I don't know. Sometimes the winery web site will say. Just looked up Chateau St. Jean and it says the Cinq Cepages spends two years in small French oak barrels. I would regard that as affirming that yes, you like some oak with your red wines at least.