Double A juice

[Frosty452]

Anyone have any experience with Double A juice kits? I am giving one a try to taste the baco noir that might get planted if I like the wine.

 

[Frosty452]

Kit came in today it was well packaged and came with a yeast, yeast nutrient and the juice. The instructions were basic and assume you have a feel for winemaking. I'll update more tomorrow when I start it

 

[Frosty452]

The juice is bubbling along nicely. It has a wonderful aroma and was packed nicely and was even on some skin material so this seems like a good kit thus far. This is my first all juice kit so I'm looking forward to the outcome.

 

[Brian55]

Where did you find this kit?

 

[Frosty452]

On the doubleA vineyard site
https://doubleavineyards.com/red-wine-juice-5-gallon

 

[LouisCKpasteur]

It's a little off putting that the juice is described as 'toxic' before fermentation. Any ideas other than 500 PPM sulfites lol?

 

[Frosty452]

I think they have to label it that way since it is not pasteurized and per fda standards cannot be labeled as safe to drink. I tasted a little when I was prepping it and didn't even taste heavily sulfited. However deeming as toxic is a little extreme and I think they could have found a better wording

 

[Frosty452]

An update on the baco
The wine is clearing nicely its a nice dark color, acidic and a bit like a muted Concord. Letting it set for another week or two and stabilize and back sweeten

 

[Frosty452]

Been awhile since I updated on this. I pulled this out and worked on it this past weekend. Wine turned out wonderful, great taste and versatile, I sweetened a gallon with Welches Concord concentrate, bottled a few dry and still have 3 gallons to decide what I want to do with. I would not hesitate to get juice from them again

 

[Syrah-volution!]

They have quite a few arcane sounding grape varietals. Interesting, thanks for sharing Frosty.

 

[bshef]

I'm late to respond but thank you Frosty for the posts and the updates. I'm thinking of ordering Foch (or Baco or Tram or .....). I planted my vines in May so no grapes for learning purposes.