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Dana Myers
 
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Default Did I once have a "Chocolate" flavored wine??

Mark Lipton wrote:

> Quite a few people that I've tasted with will identify chocolate flavors
> in young red wines that have tannins and new oak in their flavor
> profiles (some will also refer to mocha). In my experience that
> happens most often with young, ageworthy California Cabernets and some
> young Bordeaux.


Yup. I had a '98 Lokoya last year that had a distinctive note
of unsweetened chocolate... I could have sworn it had been added
if I didn't know better.

Dana