This kit contains 6 gallons of juice--not a concentrate. It is so easy to make,and it appears to be a great wine. I will need to age it for a year to be sure of the wine,but it sure does look good.
Of course you can buy higher quality wine kits but they cost a lot more. For $3 per bottle this is positively the best pinot grigio I ever tasted. It's light fruity and slightly acidic & has a good mouth feel. Definitely not that astringent stump water of the same name that you find in grocery stores.
Frankly I wasn't expecting much for the price so I'm a bit surprised. I think of this variety as a strictly 'summer' wine. It will be a winner at any backyard bbq birthday or anniversary that happens to occur. I bottled 24 in wine bottles & put the balance in recycled beer bottles. Beer bottles are more convenient for camping trips. The best people in America are to be found in campgrounds during summer and this wine should make a nice ice breaker while meeting new friends.
April 14 six weeks from start tried my first beer bottle of this wine. Dominant smells and taste are citrus and banana. As a rule banana is not approved in my list of smells/flavors. Can't tolerate an artificial pretense. But this banana is real and not over expressed. Just enough of the real deal to be noticable. As I implied in the first instance this wine screams for a summer evening outdoor party. Pool party BBQ whatever. For the love of God get on with it. You still have time. Buy it. Do it. I'm astonished at the quality vs stuff I ever bought before.
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The kit is good. My wife and I drink a lot of Pinot Grigio at meals, etc and this one came out pretty well. I say pretty well because I think I discovered something with a subsequent kit....the chitosan and kielesol used to clarify the wine leave a chemical taste. I used it in the first batch of this wine and we can taste it, but the wine itself is very good.
I say first batch because I am buying another kit and using something else for finings...possibly will experiment with gelatin or something. The reason? Right after doing this kit I did another kit and decided to try leaving out the chitosan and kielesol and the wine came out really REALLY good....2 1/2 cases evaporated once my friends tried it. So I think I will either leave it out in the future or try gelatin, bentonite, or something else.
Back to this kit....
I ran the initial fermentation for 3 weeks, then secondary for 2 weeks. I then fined it and let it sit for about 3 more weeks. I then ran it through my Vin Brite filter into bottles, and went out of town. My wife called me to say, "Not bad!", and liked it enough to drink it relatively soon after bottling.
So it passes muster for the grapes and kit in general, but I think I want to either use something else for fining or try letting it settle for a month and then filtering it into the bottles. This after, of course, initial and secondary fermentation with transfer to a carboy once or twice to help clarify it some.
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Made this wine and aged it 3 months. Thought I would give it a try and it was delicious. Between myself, friends and family, I am down to my last bottle and it hasn't even been 6 months.
6/30/2013
I made the 6 gallon Cabernet kit and that turned out great too. Now I just started another pinot grigio. I'm going to try to age this one a little more.... if I can keep my family and friends away from it.
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