I have made orange wine for many year trying to get the sweetest fruit
possible. The highest SG usually have been @1036, the result have
always been a great wine to, ... cook with. This year I came across an
orange tree that have been hit by lighting, now the fruit look just
great but taste more like a lemon, but here is the strange part the
sugar is 1042! Yes I tried several different fruit and it seems to be
from 1038-42, most are over 1040.

How is this possible since the fruit taste so sour?

SG Brix

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> I have made orange wine for many year trying to get the sweetest fruit
> possible. The highest SG usually have been @1036, the result have
> always been a great wine to, ... cook with. This year I came across an
> orange tree that have been hit by lighting, now the fruit look just
> great but taste more like a lemon, but here is the strange part the
> sugar is 1042! Yes I tried several different fruit and it seems to be
> from 1038-42, most are over 1040.
>
> How is this possible since the fruit taste so sour?
>
> SG Brix
>
Acid makes things taste sour, if there is enough acid in something then
it will counteract the sugar. Test the PH of these oranges. Post the
results.
Ken