So I have made several Wine Expert kits and they have turned out very well. Last February we went and visited my parents in Kansas and visited some wineries. The ones we visited had a table wine made from Fredonia grapes that I really liked. I then searched where I could find this juice to make my own wine and found a neat place that sells many varieties of grape juice, Walker's Wine Juice.
I made the wine following the Wine Expert kit instructions for adding finings on 03/25/15. I added the same amount of Betonite and used WLP 740 yeast. I racked to a secondary on 04/16/15. I degassed on 05/18/15 and added metabisulphite and sorbate, the same quantities as in the wine expert kit and added chinosan.
I went to bottle it today, but when I tasted it, it was very tart. It had the aroma, I expected, but the taste was way too tart.
Can anybody advise where I screwed up and if I can add anything to save this batch? In the future is there anything better I should do? I think Walker's is great, I just think my process was messed up.
Thanks!!!
I made the wine following the Wine Expert kit instructions for adding finings on 03/25/15. I added the same amount of Betonite and used WLP 740 yeast. I racked to a secondary on 04/16/15. I degassed on 05/18/15 and added metabisulphite and sorbate, the same quantities as in the wine expert kit and added chinosan.
I went to bottle it today, but when I tasted it, it was very tart. It had the aroma, I expected, but the taste was way too tart.
Can anybody advise where I screwed up and if I can add anything to save this batch? In the future is there anything better I should do? I think Walker's is great, I just think my process was messed up.
Thanks!!!