Blending.

[Charlietuna]

Here I go, thinking out loud again.

I have :
3 gallon of older skeeter pee
8-10 bottles of low flavor concord I made last spring without enough grape juice
2-3 bottles of some flat tasting cab sav.

I'm thinking about blending all of it together & seeing what happens. I'll prob do it n a glass first & see if it tastes ok then go for it.

Anyone out there blending stuff they normally wouldnt drink to make a drinkable wine?

Brian

 

[Charlietuna]

I've blended concord with SP in a glass recently & it isn't too bad. that's what gave me this idea.

Brian

 

[LJPelletier]

Hey, you never know! Maybe it'll blend together fabulously?

Maybe you could mix them together, add some flavoring/sweetener and fortify it with moonshine or brandy to make the first Skeeter Port.

 

[Runningwolf]

I can see the pee and concord. The flat tasting sav I'm not sure about though. Do some bench trails before just adding it. If the other wine was too high in alcohol or acid it might work but don't make good wine suffer from inferior wine.

 

[Charlietuna]

I did a little taste testing.

RW, you were exactly correct. The concord / pee mix was very good, adding the cab sav was not a good idea. Maybe if I had added more sugar to offset the dry?

Anyway, I'm going to do a concord SP blend with some older weaker concord that was my first 5 gallon batch & possibly add some grape juice concentrate depending on flavor.

Just another batch to add to a list of many I want to make.

Thanks,
Brian

 

[BigMac]

Hey Brian;

I blended a flat tasting Cab with 20% high acid Frontenac. That was just what it needed.

Sometimes going sweet is not what is needed. I have never added acid blend to a finished wine but hmmm, maybe that’s an idea too.

Jim

 

[djrockinsteve]

Just keep in mind blending inferior wines with a good wine does not make a better wine. If you are happy with what you get great. If not make vinegar out of it. Seriously. Great for salads.