Mango grapevwine

[Ldcecil]

I have some mango concentrate coming and would like to mix it with grape. Thoughts? Bad idea? Ratios of each? I am new to this and been using kits, but wanTito branch out.

 

[winemaker81]

Your idea is fine. What kind of grape? I'm guessing a white, as it will meld better with the mango to produce a pleasing flavor.

Ratio depends on what you want. If you're looking for a mango wine with more body, go heavy on the mango. If you provide more info regarding what you're thinking, it's easier to offer advice.

Let me reassure you that you can go with pretty much any ratio and get a pleasing result.

 

[Ldcecil]

Definitely a white, maybe a little Riesling concentrate - thinking 75% mango, 25% Riesling. Afraid I might not like straight mango. Also thinking strawberry mango.

 

[winemaker81]

Definitely a white, maybe a little Riesling concentrate - thinking 75% mango, 25% Riesling. Afraid I might not like straight mango. Also thinking strawberry mango.

That sounds fine.

 

[BigDaveK]

Definitely a white, maybe a little Riesling concentrate - thinking 75% mango, 25% Riesling. Afraid I might not like straight mango. Also thinking strawberry mango.

I've never used mango concentrate just fresh fruit. Mango is kind of "light" on flavor. So is strawberry.
Here's something to consider in the future -
I made a strawberry. Nice but I was hoping for more flavor. I also made a mango. Again, nice but I was hoping for more flavor. Then I made a strawberry-pineapple. It shocked me that there was no pineapple flavor but knock-your-socks-off strawberry! A curious result that was not lost upon me. Then I made a mango-pineapple. Again, no pineapple flavor but knock-your-socks-off mango! Lesson learned. I think it might work with banana, also. Still experimenting. Use this information as you will.
Good luck!

 

[Vinobeau]

I would make two separate batches and then blend them after 9 - 12 months.

 

[Ldcecil]

I bought some mango nectar, do you all think that would work?

 

[BigDaveK]

I bought some mango nectar, do you all think that would work?

Check the ingredients for preservatives. Some are worse than others for yeast.

 

[Ldcecil]

Check the ingredients for preservatives. Some are worse than others for yeast.

sugar and lemon juice

 

[BigDaveK]

sugar and lemon juiceView attachment 98871

That should work.
I don't think the brand is widely available in the US. I've had the fruit spreads, tasty.

 

[Rice_Guy]

Water, mango purée, sugar and lemon juice

* first check the pH. Our goal in fruit wines is pH 3.2 to .3.5 in the primary fermenter. next check the gravity, for 11% ABV we want close to 1.090.
* This product is probably thin, the mango juice I have looked at ranged from pH 4.1 to 4.81. Depending on how much lemon it could be in target, land not need correction with an acid. Lemon blends well with mango/ enhances fruity notes, curious how much. Clean juice I have has ranged from 1.060 to 1.086 which is really close to target for a wine. There is more water in it than mango.

* Yes I saw the suggestion about fermenting separate, on my part since I expect a thin juice. I would either ferment together and correct thinness once, ,, OR “fix” the thinness by adding a white juice concentrate as grape or apple to build solids, or banana. From the photo I can’t guess how many liters you have, on my part I avoid doing primary fermentations less than four liters/ a gallon.

 

[Ldcecil]

Thanks for the advice - gravity is 1.090, ph 4.5. Think I am going to add some lemon juice. I have about 1.3 gallons.

 

[Ldcecil]

That should work.
I don't think the brand is widely available in the US. I've had the fruit spreads, tasty.

I found it and some peach here in MI at a Meijer grocery. They also had guava.

 

[Peggy Billingsley]

I've never used mango concentrate just fresh fruit. Mango is kind of "light" on flavor. So is strawberry.
Here's something to consider in the future -
I made a strawberry. Nice but I was hoping for more flavor. I also made a mango. Again, nice but I was hoping for more flavor. Then I made a strawberry-pineapple. It shocked me that there was no pineapple flavor but knock-your-socks-off strawberry! A curious result that was not lost upon me. Then I made a mango-pineapple. Again, no pineapple flavor but knock-your-socks-off mango! Lesson learned. I think it might work with banana, also. Still experimenting. Use this information as you will.
Good luck!

what was your ratio of pineapple juice to other fruit juice?

 

[BigDaveK]

I found it and some peach here in MI at a Meijer grocery. They also had guava.

I've got a Meijer about 30 minutes away. I'll have to check for future reference. Thanks!
My small local Kroger store - which only has groceries - doesn't carry it.

 

[BigDaveK]

what was your ratio of pineapple juice to other fruit juice?

In my pineapple-strawberry (1 gallon) it was 4 lbs strawberries, 2 cans crushed pineapple and 66 oz pineapple juice, cold-pressed organic from Costco. The others had just the juice. I think it works because pineapple "kinda" tastes like strawberry and it "kinda" tastes like mango. I think my mouth gets tricked and only "tastes" the other fruit.

 

[Rice_Guy]

- gravity is 1.090, ph 4.5. Think I am going to add some lemon juice.

My experience has been that lemon juice is not efficient at pushing pH downward. In taking mulberry juice at pH 5 with lemon at pH 2.4 I wound up with about 50/50. Since that batch I have looked at titratable acidity for guessing how much, but normally get the bottle of acid to finish the pH shift.
If your mango is largely water (ingredient one) it won’t take much to drop the pH.

 

[Ldcecil]

Soooooo I started this wine on Saturday the 25th, checked sp grav today it is 1.000 - how can that be. Can it really ferment that fast, I mean obviously it did, but?/

 

[Ohio Bob]

Certainly can finish that fast with all the conditions just right. Congrats! May we come to you for advice in the future?

 

[Ldcecil]

Haha I am a newbie - don’t think I would be much help