Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the flavor and aroma of oak wood as a result of being fermented or aged in an oak barrel or in a stainless steel or glass container to which oak chips have been added. Used of wine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling oak; hard; firm; strong.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Resembling oak; strong.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Describing the taste of
wine that has been aged inoak and acquiredtannins from the wood.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And by close application to my book at night, my visage became considerally emaciated by extreme perspiration, having no lucubratory aparatus, no candle, no lamp, nor even light-wood, being chiefly raised in oaky woods.
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Plus, lately I’ve found markedly less interest in oaky flavors.
LENNDEVOURS 2009
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Plus, lately I’ve found markedly less interest in oaky flavors.
Q&A 2009
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Plus, lately I’ve found markedly less interest in oaky flavors.
LENNDEVOURS: 2009
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Plus, lately I’ve found markedly less interest in oaky flavors.
Quick Q&A with Jim Silver, General Manager, Peconic Bay Winery 2009
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We generally liked the crisp, lovely Chablis, but we found a few overly oaky, which is a bad trend that we noted the last time we did a broad tasting of Chablis.
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When we started our column in 1998, the most widely available Sauvignon Blanc came from the U.S., where too many winemakers stripped it of its varietal character -- fresh-cut grass, kiwi, lime and grapefruit, with bouncy acidity -- by making it into a kind of oaky junior Chardonnay.
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When we started our column in 1998, the most widely available Sauvignon Blanc came from the U.S., where too many winemakers stripped it of its varietal character -- fresh-cut grass, kiwi, lime and grapefruit, with bouncy acidity -- by making it into a kind of oaky junior Chardonnay.
Flavors of Summer 2008
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Aged for more than four years in American oak barrels, this Extra Añejo tequila is creamy, vanilla-y and has an ultra-long, oaky finish that's practically whiskey-like but, with all of the agave notes, much more exotic.
Dad's Top Shelf 2011
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Golden in color, it starts off bright think green apples but also has an oaky, salty depth.
Dad's Top Shelf 2011
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