Reserve Du Chateau 4 Week Wine Kit, Chilean Merlot, 17.5-Pound Box

This wine it excellent, if you like a Merlot you will love this wine. Easy to make and I haven't found anyone that doesn't like it yet. Recommend this product.

When i started this it had a strong chemical smell.It has now aged 5 months and it still smells like that,and tastes spoiled.I have made 6 batches of Wine-Expert's Vintners Reserve Merlot and compared to that this is horrible.

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I have two kits in the fermentation process and everything looks and smells good so far. No problems encountered. It will be a week or so before I bottle the first batch. I will taste it then.

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I will comment on overall kit and instructions since this was my first attempt with a kit and making wine. The kit came with everything we needed regarding juice and chemicals. Directions were clear and provided the timing and measurements on when to proceed to the next step.

Regarding the taste of the wine: this wine turned out a bit sweeter than we expected at the time of bottling, we typically drink Carmenere, Cabs and Malbecs. I will follow up after a few months of aging. Cheers!

Will just throw this out there for first timers...

1. get six gallon carboys well worth not hassling with an extra gallon of wine in an small carboy.

2. Buy bulk sodium metabisulfite, it is really cheap and we used it anytime a device was used that would come in contact with the wine. Everyone indicates contamination is your biggest enemy.

3. I am glad I invested in a good wine thief my personal suggestion is the Fermtech wine/beer thief, yeah it dripped a bit but was able to put my hydrometer directly into it one and done.

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This is an easy to use kit with excellent results. I did add a few toasted oak chips to the primary fermentation. The wine cleared well, and was very drinkable after four weeks. I would recommend this kit to beginners or more experienced winemakers who are looking for a way to produce a reasonably priced red wine.