Concord Wine

Started 4/4/2004
Bottled 2/13/2005

Alcohol 12.3%
Initial SG 1.090
Final SG 0.991
pH ND TA 0.67

Tasting Notes

2/13/2005 The color is light with purple-red hues. The nose is as you would expect, full of concord fruit with wisps of toasty oak. On the palette, the wine is dry, crisp and light, with a fruitiness that carries for a long time. The oak is well integrated providing a slight toasty backdrop to the fruit. This rounds out the concord and prevents it from tasting too much like grape juice.

7/7/2006 Light red and clear color. Looks like a light Pinot Noir or a very dark rosé. Fresh grape nose with oak and hints of cherries. Crisp light and refreshing taste with mellowed wood and integrated grape flavors. Good long finish with a bit of alcoholic heat.

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4/4/2004

6 gallons concord grape juice (Kedem brand – 100% juice with potassium metabisulifite)
TA measures 0.67 %
SG measured 1.058 (14.5 brix)
5.6 pounds sugar added raising SG to 1.090 (22 brix)
3 tsp fermaid
2 oz med. Toast American oak cubes added
Lavlin EC-118 yeast sprinkled on top

4/8/2004

SG measures 1.042. Wine was transferred to a 6.5 gallon carboy. 1.5 oz more oak cubes were added and placed under airlock. Also – it is considerably cooler in the basement – about 60 degrees.

5/13/2004

SG 0.991. Racked into a 5 gallon carboy with 2 g sulfite. Another 1.75 L and 750 mL bottles filled. About 500 mL left over and was drunk. It is coming along nicely. Starting to clear. A little yeast flavor but the oak is nicely integrated.

8/15/2004

racked into 5 gallon carboy and 2 750 mL bottles. The bottles will be drunk.

2/13/2005

racked, 2.5 g sulfite added, bottled into 24 bottles plus about 700 mL for drinking. 12% ALCOHOL