I have some young (bottles 3/5/04) red wine I made this from a kit.
According to the kit instructions, it is supposed to be drinkable by now.
I just tasted it and it has a tart flavor, I assume this is too much acid.
Will it mellow with age, or should I chill it. If I were to chill it, what
temp and for how long?

Jethro,

How long ago did you actually make the wine, and how long did you bulk age
it? Did you follow the kit instructions when you made it?

Kit wines are well balanced in terms of acid, so I doubt that's what you're
tasting. Did you degass it well? If not, you might be tasting CO2.

If you're going for "6 weeks and it's ready to drink" then it's just too
young. The earliest I've bottled a red kit wine is 8 months, and then it
still needed a few months to finish smoothing out and taste good.

Ed


"Jethro" > wrote in message
news:6Aumc.68356$Qy.21343@fed1read04...
> I have some young (bottles 3/5/04) red wine I made this from a kit.
> According to the kit instructions, it is supposed to be drinkable by now.
> I just tasted it and it has a tart flavor, I assume this is too much acid.
> Will it mellow with age, or should I chill it. If I were to chill it,
what
> temp and for how long?
>
>

I followed the kit instructions exactly. I think it was about 2 months old
when I bottled it. The kit says it should be drinkable by now. Will it
continue to mellow in flavor?

I made the same kit last year and it was good almost immediatly after
bottling.




"Ed Marks" > wrote in message
...
> Jethro,
>
> How long ago did you actually make the wine, and how long did you bulk age
> it? Did you follow the kit instructions when you made it?
>
> Kit wines are well balanced in terms of acid, so I doubt that's what
you're
> tasting. Did you degass it well? If not, you might be tasting CO2.
>
> If you're going for "6 weeks and it's ready to drink" then it's just too
> young. The earliest I've bottled a red kit wine is 8 months, and then it
> still needed a few months to finish smoothing out and taste good.
>
> Ed
>
>
> "Jethro" > wrote in message
> news:6Aumc.68356$Qy.21343@fed1read04...
> > I have some young (bottles 3/5/04) red wine I made this from a kit.
> > According to the kit instructions, it is supposed to be drinkable by
now.
> > I just tasted it and it has a tart flavor, I assume this is too much
acid.
> > Will it mellow with age, or should I chill it. If I were to chill it,
> what
> > temp and for how long?
> >
> >
>
>

It will probably mellow further but what wine is it? (Brand and type) Some
wines are designed to be tart.

Ray

"Jethro" > wrote in message
news:vwQpc.52615$Z%5.1180@okepread01...
> I followed the kit instructions exactly. I think it was about 2 months old
> when I bottled it. The kit says it should be drinkable by now. Will it
> continue to mellow in flavor?
>
> I made the same kit last year and it was good almost immediatly after
> bottling.
>
>
>
>
> "Ed Marks" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Jethro,
> >
> > How long ago did you actually make the wine, and how long did you bulk
age
> > it? Did you follow the kit instructions when you made it?
> >
> > Kit wines are well balanced in terms of acid, so I doubt that's what
> you're
> > tasting. Did you degass it well? If not, you might be tasting CO2.
> >
> > If you're going for "6 weeks and it's ready to drink" then it's just too
> > young. The earliest I've bottled a red kit wine is 8 months, and then
it
> > still needed a few months to finish smoothing out and taste good.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > "Jethro" > wrote in message
> > news:6Aumc.68356$Qy.21343@fed1read04...
> > > I have some young (bottles 3/5/04) red wine I made this from a kit.
> > > According to the kit instructions, it is supposed to be drinkable by
> now.
> > > I just tasted it and it has a tart flavor, I assume this is too much
> acid.
> > > Will it mellow with age, or should I chill it. If I were to chill it,
> > what
> > > temp and for how long?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>