How to Use oaky in a Sentence

oaky

adjective

• For the brandy, do not use one that is too oaky, but, rather, a young fruity kind.
  — Allegra Ben-Amotz, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2018
• This blend is dark and oaky with lots of flavors—great for a crisp fall evening by the campfire.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2022
• Some of the wines that did not make our top 10 were clumsily oaky.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 14 June 2018
• Agave and oak with soft layers of honey are in the mouth with a soft smooth spice oaky finish.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• And there was a 5-year-old barleywine — that is like an oaky liquid bread crust.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2021
• Rich red cherries and an oaky and creamy midpalate with supple tannins.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• Its rich and oaky notes will deliver a memorable sip to savor all night long.
  — Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day, 14 Sep. 2022
• The palate explodes with dark berries and loads of caramel and butterscotch, along with some dark chocolate and strong oaky tannins.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2022
• This Napa Valley Cabernet is a bold, thick red with oaky, earthy, and black fruit notes.
  — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• The pepper, onion and olive side dish seconds the motion, so my choice would be any of the myriad dry, fresh, non-oaky whites made around the world.
  — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• The nose is spicy and a bit oaky, with just a little bit of pleasant burn at 101 proof (just like the core expression).
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2021
• This white Bordeaux wine offers the palate a bouquet of white fruit and mineral aromas with some oaky overtones.
  — Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 7 May 2022
• Vanilla – as in extract, not a sweet or oaky flavor – and sarsaparilla / root beer with caramel in the deep background.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Mar. 2021
• The combination gives it an oaky vanilla taste, rather different from your citrus-forward margs.
  — Megha McSwain, Chron, 27 July 2022
• Like many half-truths, the conception of Chardonnay as perennially oaky has endured.
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
• The ideal accompaniment would be dry, intense and structured enough to stand up to the rich beef, but not powerfully fruity or oaky.
  — Julia Moskin, charlotteobserver, 10 Apr. 2018
• There is a nice balance of barrel ages, as the liquid reads neither young and green nor oaky and old, occupying a happy middle ground instead.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2022
• His store served as a welcoming kind of community center for the neighborhood, and the oaky smell of any liquor shop still brings back that memory.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
• Before long, the deliciously oaky brandy from Cognac spread to other countries and put the region on the map as a hotbed for booze.
  — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 4 June 2019
• Vassaltis's Assyrtiko is mineral and highly acidic, with an oaky finish.
  — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2021
• After tasting fiery rye, smoky and sinuous single malt, and oaky-sweet bourbon, a few of us elected to return to Troutbeck by bike.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2022
• While a touch of bitters and a kiss of sugar bring out the best in a bourbon or rye whiskey, most rum lacks the oaky punch or grainy finish that makes the Old Fashioned template shine.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2022
• But the brief interlude shortchanges long-term reactions, which can often mean that a whiskey distiller will end up bottling something that’s nice and oaky but also plagued with a sort of cornflakes aroma.
  — Wayne Curtis, WIRED, 30 May 2017
• Free Spirits’s take on tequila is oaky and smoky; quiet enough that it can be easily buried in cocktails, but loud enough to be heard through club soda or, for that paloma, grapefruit soda.
  — Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
• The liquid in this beautiful ceramic bottle is full of rich vanilla, caramel and stone fruit flavors, not overly oaky at all and a shining example of the Dickel style.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2021
• The wines have a distinctly different character than the oaky, buttery style that is more prevalent in Napa Valley and further south in Burgundy.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2022
• They may not be traditionally known for the grape when compared to winemakers in Napa Valley, who defined the now stereotypical, buttery, oaky style for the white wine.
  — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2020
• The organic cacao from Tanzania in this bar is aged in bourbon casks for a couple of months, which infuses smooth and oaky undertones into the 82% cacao chocolate.
  — Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Many California Pinot Noirs that are designed to be $35 are heavy, oaky and, to my palate, sweet-tasting; that’s just the type of wine that the mass market demands at that price point.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2021
• Fernandez died May 22 at age 88, but his legacy lives on in wines such as this crianza, a modern-style, oaky red with polished flavors of blueberry and tobacco leaf.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2021