bile-like taste in very new plum wine

[slh]

I just racked my cherry plum wine into the secondary fermenter. We decided to take a taste and, ick, it's got a bile-like after taste. I'm assuming it's because it's so young. Smells fine. Anybody out there experienced this?

 

[Arne]

Did you take the stones out of the fruits? They can leave a bad taste in the wine. I have found it will pretty well go away, but it takes a lot of time. Arne.

 

[Poormanfarm]

I just racked my cherry plum wine into the secondary fermenter. We decided to take a taste and, ick, it's got a bile-like after taste. I'm assuming it's because it's so young. Smells fine. Anybody out there experienced this?

Wish I could help but I never have tasted bile before so I don't have any sense of comparison.

 

[captainl]

I made a mustang wine that had what I called a bile/ throw up taste. I think it was because I picked too early making it way too acidic. I dumped it after a year. It was nasty. I'm no expert though.

 

[slh]

Wish I could help but I never have tasted bile before so I don't have any sense of comparison.

Bile, a.k.a, vomit. Gross. You're pretty lucky if you've never tossed up the contents of your stomach. Haha!

 

[slh]

I made a mustang wine that had what I called a bile/ throw up taste. I think it was because I picked too early making it way too acidic. I dumped it after a year. It was nasty. I'm no expert though.

Hmmmm. The plums were ripe but the skins were very tart. Could be an issue. I guess time will tell.

 

[slh]

Did you take the stones out of the fruits? They can leave a bad taste in the wine. I have found it will pretty well go away, but it takes a lot of time. Arne.

Yes, I froze the whole fruit, mashed in into a pulp and strained it out so the fermentation was done just on the pulp, no skins or pits.