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I made my first batch of wine (ever) using Concord grapes grown in my
yard. I'm sure I made a bunch of mistakes. I think the main problems are that I probably didn't measure the TA correctly at the beginning of the process. Also, I didn't add additional sulfite at end of primary fermentation. It's been about 8 months, and I just pulled out some of the wine to try to retest the TA. Based on today's test it should TA of .973. (As best as I can tell, I'm never sure if I'm getting the reading right, because seeing the color change seems so subjective). I also tasted the wine. It smelled reasonable, tasted a bit acidic and a bit bitter. The body is also a bit thin, probably because I added some water at beginning of secondary fermentation. (Another mistake). So I'm wondering if I can try to fix this up. I have some malolactic culture that I got for another batch of wine I was making with Syrah grapes from Chile. (These grapes were very low in acid -- I had to add acid blend --so it seems they don't need the Malolactic fermenation?) Is it possible, and would it make any improvement to add the malolactic culture to the Concord grapes even though it's so late in the game? (And on the other hand, would you add malolactic culture to wine that started out with low acidity.) Any advice is appreciated... Thanks. |
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