JOAM Cloves question

[SeppukuCoconuts]

I've made a few meads so far. Bottled two of them. One of them was a JOAM that I fermented with d-47 instead of bread yeast. I started the fermentation back in early November. I tried one of them last night. It was bad. The orange peel flavor has disappeared and its an all around decent sweet wine but...

The clove flavor is quite powerful. Too powerful. It tastes like a goth poetry reading at open mic night. Does this flavor mellow out? In a hopefully reasonable time frame? Or is this something I'll be either drinking in 2019 or learning to love the flavor of cloves?

 

[Maylar]

Yes, it mellows with time. Powerful little buggers aren't they?

 

[SeppukuCoconuts]

Yes, it mellows with time. Powerful little buggers aren't they?

Is this like a year long wait...or a few more months?

Or is it really a wait and see?

 

[Maylar]

Straight out of the fermentor, a JAOM is all orange and clove. After 2 months the clove fades a bit and it's drinkable. At 4 months it's better and at 8 months it's wonderful.

Assuming you didn't overdose with the cloves (cloverdose?).