1 is sour. 1 taste like grape juice

[Ras Skipper]

4 month old wine.
1 demi tastes soo sour, but with a nice dry after taste. (12%)
The other just tastes like grape juice. (11.5%)

Is there any way to reduce the sourness?

Also, will the grape juice start to taste more "winey" with age. Or is it just rubbish?!


Cheers!

 

[TipsyDragon]

let it age.

 

[Ras Skipper]

will the grape juice change to wine (lol)
and will that sour one calm down?

Thanks

 

[Yooper]

will the grape juice change to wine (lol)
and will that sour one calm down?

Thanks

It depends on the cause of the sourness. If it's a bad recipe or it's infected with lacto or acetero bacter, then the sourness will not improve. If it's simply tart because it's too dry, that will mellow out quite a bit or sweetening may help. It's impossible to tell without knowing what type of wine, the ingredients, how long it's been in the fermenter, the amount of acidity in it, where it is in the fermentation, etc.

 

[Ras Skipper]

Guess I dont have much of that info!
1. The hydrometer when down to just below 1000...maybe 998-997
2. No idea what grapes they are. Just picked them from an old guy who gows them for no aparent reason { }
3. I think they were in the fermenting bin for 30 days before it reach the desired gravity
4. No idea about the acidity!
5 And finally; the fermentation stopped 3 months ago when I added the campden tablet.

Not sure if thats of any help.

I guess I could just wait and see..

Thanks Yooper, helpful as usual!
Cheers Dragon

 

[Yooper]

Guess I dont have much of that info!
1. The hydrometer when down to just below 1000...maybe 998-997
2. No idea what grapes they are. Just picked them from an old guy who gows them for no aparent reason { }
3. I think they were in the fermenting bin for 30 days before it reach the desired gravity
4. No idea about the acidity!
5 And finally; the fermentation stopped 3 months ago when I added the campden tablet.

Not sure if thats of any help.

I guess I could just wait and see..

Thanks Yooper, helpful as usual!
Cheers Dragon

Well, table grapes don't usually make good wine. You could try throwing some golden raisins in there to help provide some body and flavor. A little pinch of powdered tannin (no more than 1/8 teaspoon to start!) might give more flavor.

Campden tablets don't stop fermentation- it must have already been done. Campden is great for using as an antioxidant and preservative, but doesn't kill yeast or stop fermentation.

Maybe some sweetening would help the flavor- you can pull out a little sample and add a little sugar and stir it well and taste it. If the taste is improved, you might consider stabilizing with sorbate and sweetening the whole batch.

 

[Ras Skipper]

I have taken that all onboard. I shall inform for of my progress (if interested )

Thanks again!!

Ras

 

[bja]

1 demi tastes soo sour, but with a nice dry after taste. (12%)
The other just tastes like grape juice. (11.5%)

Is there any way to reduce the sourness?

Also, will the grape juice start to taste more "winey" with age. Or is it just rubbish?!


Cheers!

Why don't you try mixing the 2 together?

 

[truckjohn]

or let it sit a while....

I have a couple batches of Muscadine wine....

1 tasted like Grapes when it was a few months old. Now, just over 15 months later, it tastes like actual wine....

The other tasted pretty bitter at a few months old.... Now, just over 15 months later, it tastes like actual wine too....

Moral of the story - let it sit.

Thanks

 

[Ras Skipper]

Bja;

I had thought about that! Thanks

Truckjohn;

Yeah, I think this is what i'll do...the wine does have a nice dry finish...just soo bitter now..i'm thinking christmas for the next taste...Cheers!!