15 Brix wine.

[Rakhal]

Has anyone tried to make a wine from low Brix grapes without Chaptalizing? I picked some Muscat that had gone wild and grown all over my family's fruit trees. They taste great but the Brix is only 15. I'm wondering what the wine would taste like if I made it at this low brix level. Would it be too thin and tart? I don't mind adding sugar if I have to but I'm curious what it would taste like without it.

 

[winemaker81]

You can certainly do it. However, wines with an ABV below 10% are known to have a shorter shelf life, so plan on using the wine up sooner.

 

[Rakhal]

You can certainly do it. However, wines with an ABV below 10% are known to have a shorter shelf life, so plan on using the wine up sooner.

Thank you for the answer! I ended up making a small batch with the 15 Brix and cofermented the rest with some high Brix Syrah that I picked.

 

[Jusatele]

I have made some low alcohol wines for summer spritzers and bottled them in beer bottles, the light taste and low alcohol are great on hot summer days when you can quaf a few and not get sloppy