Overview
Info: 6 gallon batch of New Zealand, Marlborough Region Pinot Noir wine
Brewed: April 4, 2005
Bottled: July 20, 2005
OG: 1.096
FG: not measured
ABV: not measured

Ingredients
Fermentables
  • 4 gallons Pinot Noir grape juice (Premium Select International wine kit)
Misc
  • 1 packet bentonite
  • 1 packet oak chips
  • 1 packet potassium metabisulfite
  • 1 packet potassium sorbate
  • 1 packet chitosan
Yeast
  • Red Star wine yeast

Brewing Notes
Couldn't be simpler. The bentonite was dissolved in 2 liters of warm water at the bottom of the primary fermenter. The 4 gallons of grape juice were then added to the primary. 4 liters of water were added to the plastic pouch that the grape juice had been in, swirled about, and added to the primary. Everything was mixed well for half a minute. Original gravity was measured at 1.096.

At bottling, the wine was actually kind of sweet in the front of the mouth, and then had a big bite to it (for the first few sips anyway) in the back of the mouth. This should all mellow out after some time in the bottle I think.