38 Months in Oak is About Right

I haven’t got enough chances to try this kind of wines .... and this learning method surely is pretty good but is too expensive for a poor University associate professor ;-)

...To have friends in high places... What, do you think I can afford to do this with my own money?}:-)

M.

Yeah!!! Friends, friends.... as my father told me years ago: Paco you must have friends even in Hell! ;-)))

What choice do you have, Paco? Will you really avoid as too risky all the Spanish wines that, more than ever, are not built for immediate consumption?

For example, few would argue Mariano García’s new wines show a lot of oak in their youth. Do you really think there is an unacceptably high likelihood that these wines will fall apart rather than grow more balanced?

Most people’s personal list of ";greatest"; wines will be comprised mostly of wines with oak treatment - often significant oak treatment. Dealing with wine’s youthful oak afflictions seems unavoidable.

I don’t know if my answer is the right one, but it’s my answer: I just trust in some producers. Most wine I buy comes from what I consider trustable producers…. I know, sometimes even the best winemaker can fail…. but this is my bet. Of course, when wines are cheap I don’t have any problem in making risky bets…

... it probably is, but these ";rough"; classifications could be of more help than no classification at all ... at least for non-connoseurs as me ;))

MaJesus