1997 Canned Cabernet
December 2007 – I called this one “Canned Cabernet” as I made it from canned concentrate. Years before I did cherry wine from concentrate, and it didn’t come out too bad. This one? The Brits would call in plonk, and deservedly so. Since then I’ve not done a batch from grape concentrate.
Ingredients
| Kit | two 46 oz cans Alexander’s Sun Country Cabernet Sauvignon Concentrate |
| Sugar | 12 cups |
| Nutrient | 3 tsp |
| Bentonite | 4 tsp |
| Acid Blend | 6 tsp |
| Grape Tannin | 1 tsp |
| Yeast | Red Star Montrachet |
Method
| Started. Added all ingredients. | 03/11/1997 SG 1.085 |
| Racked. | 03/21/1997 SG 1.002 |
| Racked. | 04/26/1997 SG 0.997 |
| Bottled. | 09/11/1997 SG 0.997 |
Notes
| Yield | 27 bottles |
| Alcohol | 12.0% |
| Afterthoughts | This one came out ok, although everyone who tasted it liked it better than I did. |
| October 2018 | In reading through my old logs while transferring records to my new web site, it’s obvious (to me anyway) that modern (2018) concentrates are far better quality that those of the 80’s and 90’s. But the market now has a higher volume, possibly driven by the internet and the ease of spreading wine making knowledge. This pushes up the requirement for higher quality materials. Or so I surmise … |