2011 Pomegranate / Zinfandel
April 2011 – I was in American Brewmaster with my friend John the day I purchased the Green Apple Riesling. This one sounded interesting to both of us so I purchased it the following week.
November 2018 – While updating my site (adding pictures of labels) I realized I misspelled “pomegranate” on the label …
Ingredients
| Kit | Winexpert Selection Original Series Wine Kit — Pomegranate / Zinfandel |
| Bentonite | yes |
| Yeast | Red Star Premier Cuvee (included in kit) |
| Sugar | 8 cups [The fun wines are designed for low alcohol, like 7% — I chaptalize to about 10%] |
| Sulfite | yes |
| Sorbate | yes |
| Kieselsol | yes |
| Chitosan | yes |
Method
| Using powered stirring rod, dissolved bentonite into hot water.
Added juice/concentrate and rinsed bag. Topped fermenter up to 6 gallons and sprinkled yeast over top. |
04/09/2011 SG 1.072 |
| Racked wine into carboy and gallon jug. | 04/17/2011 SG 1.012 |
| Stirred up sediment (as per kit instructions) and racked into fermenter. | 04/30/2011 SG 0.992 |
| Using powered stirring rod, stirred metabisulphite and sorbate, Pomegranate F-Pack, and chitosan into wine.
Racked back into carboy and gallon jug. |
04/30/2011 SG 1.010 |
| Racked. | 06/05/2011 SG 1.010 |
| Bottled. | 09/14/2011 SG 1.010 |
Notes
| Yield | 29.5 bottles |
| Alcohol | 10.9% |
| Residual Sugar | 2.6% |
| 09/14/2011 | I like this one better than the Green Apple/Riesling. This one is probably a keeper, although my preferences is for dry reds. |
| 11/13/2011 | Last week I tried some of this with dinner. NOT a good choice, this is a sipping wine not one for typical meals. Too sweet. |
| 05/02/2014 | Like with the Green Apple/Riesling, I’ve still got a case left. It’s tasty, but not what I really enjoy. |
| 10/28/2018 | As I noted with the Green Apple/Riesling, this wine lasted FAR longer than I expected. I gave my last bottles to my niece and my sister last year – both wines were still doing well. I’m quite surprised. |