Can I add mulling spices to bulk aged red?

[slopenutz]

I have a batch of red bulk aging since last december and would like to make half of it into a holiday spiced wine. Is it possible to add spices at this stage or am I asking for problems?

 

[roblloyd]

I'd bottle it and when you want it spiced pour it in a pitcher and add the mulling spices then.
Are you planning on doing this warm? I tried one last night and did not like it. It smelled great but something about the flavor didn't go over well with anyone in our crowd.

 

[Wade E]

It would most likely loud the wine backup pretty bad!!!

 

[FTC Wines]

Years ago I worked at a winery as a tour guide, they had a "holiday wine". It was their popular RED with mulling spices added at last racking, before bottling. Some heated it, it was in NY, & available only end of Sept. for the holidays. I liked my cool. But it was VERY popular. Roy

 

[tjbryner]

I'm doing a Red that will have a few hot balls added to the secondary to spice it up.

 

[Wade E]

Years ago I worked at a winery as a tour guide, they had a "holiday wine". It was their popular RED with mulling spices added at last racking, before bottling. Some heated it, it was in NY, & available only end of Sept. for the holidays. I liked my cool. But it was VERY popular. Roy

Did they filter hat wine before bottling?

 

[GerardVineyard]

It would most likely loud the wine backup pretty bad!!!

Could you explain "... loud the wine backup..." ?

 

[Wade E]

I meant Cloud as in make the wine cloudy again. Dang spellchecker shuts itself off when it wants to screw with me!!!!

 

[FTC Wines]

Wade, I don't remember them filtering the "holiday" wine, don't think they filtered any, but it was the early 70's. Roy

 

[robie]

Years ago I worked at a winery as a tour guide, they had a "holiday wine". It was their popular RED with mulling spices added at last racking, before bottling. Some heated it, it was in NY, & available only end of Sept. for the holidays. I liked my cool. But it was VERY popular. Roy

I have a friend who gave me some of those spices to try in one of my reds. Question - do you sweeten the red wine? Seems to me it should be sweet, but I don't really know.

 

[rocket man]

I have a friend who gave me some of those spices to try in one of my reds. Question - do you sweeten the red wine? Seems to me it should be sweet, but I don't really know.

I make a mulled wine that is very similar to witches brew from Leelanau Cellars. I sweeten mine with about a quarter cup of sugar per bottle of wine.

 

[SpoiledRotten]

I have a batch of "Mullagara" going now. I put the can of mulling spice in 5.5 gallons of Niagara at the beginning and let it ferment down to dry. I racked into secondary and got most of the chips out, with a few making it through the tube into secondary. I figure that will settle when I rack again and add the sparkalloid. It smells wonderful! I'll be back sweetening it to the normal 1.010 and will see how it taste then.