Vintner's Best Sauvignon Blanc

[jmcmanna]

I had bought some Sauvignon Blanc juice in the past from Coloma Frozen, but it always produces a golden wine in my glass (I am guessing from oxidation in the juice). I decided to try Vintner's Best Sauvignon Blanc wine base, but am shocked at how dark it is out of the bottle. In the photo below, the left is the Coloma, and the right is the Vintner's Best. They are both starting with an SG of about 1.080 (the left has been fermenting a couple of days, the right I just started today). Is there any way the Vintner's Best doesn't come out looking brown in the end?

 

[cmason1957]

If I didn't know, I would say the wine on the right is a red wine, not a white wine. Now, I've never made wine from the Vintners Best Concentrates, but that is much darker than I would have expected.

 

[fwdevoe]

Yes…the wine on the right looks like red wine.

 

[jmcmanna]

It came out of this container, mixed 4 parts water with 1 part of this base. I opened the other container and it looks the same. I emailed LD Carlson and they said it would get lighter during fermentation. We’ll see....I am disappointed.

 

[fwdevoe]

I’ll be waiting to see what happens because I’m planning to make Sauvignon Blanc for summer.