Oak

[winoweenie]

Hi Joey26, and yes there are some Reserves that use oak to extreme, but more often than not the people who argue about the oak don't have the facilities to store the wine long enough to for all of the flavors to integrate properly. If you taste a Caymus Special Selection within the first 8 years of the vintage, you'll belong to WC's favorite club. At 10 to 12 years of age these marvelous wines integrate into a drinking experience. The 93 Dehlinger I opened and posted on yesterday was a wood monster until this last bottle. Wood is not bad! Wood is bad if you're drinking the wine Tuesday nite. Wood is used by EVERY MAJOR vineyard in the world for their top wines. Had a tasting of 95 first growths last week. Enough Limousin oak to build a whole community of cabins in the mountains. In other words, Oak Per Se, isn't the problem. Cellaring them suckers till it all comes together is the answer. WWWWW