Packlab Tweaked Vino Italiano Cabernet Sauv kit

[CBell]

Wine is still a bit over-oaked but beginning to mellow. Planning to bottle in the next couple of weeks and then forget it for a few more months. Also started the Barolo kit from the same company but only rehydrated to 5 gallons and added raisins.

I know I could get better quality kits, but for less than $40 with a sale on amazon I couldn't resist trying the Barolo

 

[Boatboy24]

That Barolo was my first wine. I made it to five gallons and used BM45 yeast. Gave it a fair amount of Med Hungarian Oak while I bulk aged it for 3 months. I just had a bottle a couple weeks back and at 18 months, its a pretty decent table red - especially for $2/bottle.

 

[dangerdave]

Yea, I use medium toasted French oak in a lot of my wines. You have to start tasting about a week in to gauge the right amount. That's with about one cup in six gallons. I have found, for most wines, the two week mark is good for me.

 

[kevinlfifer]

I just opened a bottle of the Amazon $37 Barolo kits that I made. I added:

3 lb
frozen blackberries = bagged
3/4 cup
Med Oak plus
1 cup
sugar
1/2 tsp
Peptic Enzyme
​

Tasted really quite good

 

[olusteebus]

Great. Sounds good. Did you make a 6 gallons or 5?