Tasting

[gaudet]

I uncorked two bottles of muscadine. One was bottled 12-24-08. The other I oaked with Heavy toast hungarian for 1 month. I bottled it on 2-7-09.

Now I know its probably way too early to even be doing this, but temptation got the better of me, I actually think its hard to decide which one I like better. The unoaked bottle is pretty good. The oak has a nice smokey taste that I think will really be good in the future as it mellows and blends further. I think I will not open another bottle of the oaked for at least three months to see how it develops.

But I must say they are both tasty in their own rights....................

SWMBO made me blend a glass of both to see how it was. It was very smoky tasting. It was as if the other batch had been oaked too.

 

[Waldo]

Did you feel likethe oakiness overwhelmed the flavor of the Muscadine or enhanced it?

 

[gaudet]

I think it overwhelms it somewhat, but I hope that it will tame down and blend over time. My wife loves the smokiness of it.

 

[vcasey]

Was this the Carlos? I decided not to oak mine, well actually I just got the oak and decided to try it with a tropical fruit Carlos that I'll start soonish. I'll be using a light oak on that batch, hoping to add a coconut aroma to the wine.
VPC

 

[gaudet]

It was the carlos...........