explain this please

OHIOSTEVE · 02-08-2010, 03:51 PM

I made white grape raspberry wine from the welches concentrate.....let it ferment out and clear....tasted it and it was REALLY good...degassed it and let it set for a while......bottled it and it tastes awful now. It tastes like wine that needsa aged a few months or longer. what would make it go from smooth and tasty to harsh and bitter? It would have been better had I bottled it a month ago!

chode720 · 02-08-2010, 04:24 PM

Did you taste the sample warm and then drink the wine after it had been chilled?

I made a batch of mead that tasted great in the fermenter and when at room temp, but when i opened the first bottle (that was chilled) it was awful! I let it warm back up to room temp and it was fine again. If this is the case, just give it some age for it to settle out

OHIOSTEVE · 02-09-2010, 02:32 AM

Yes. Tasted the sample out of the carboy. Drank the bottled cold. Stuck all the rest in the basement. Will open one in a month and see.