WineXpert California Sauvignon Blanc Rosé

[ibglowin]

Hoping that it looks more like a Rose when your only looking at 750ml of it in a bottle or 100ml in a glass. Perhaps should not have added so much of the f-pack but you would think that they got the color down before hand through several bench trails. At least the juice is fresh. Mine was packaged only 2 months ago.

HBS emailed me that they had gotten this in stock. Too late!

 

[Boatboy24]

Hoping that it looks more like a Rose when your only looking at 750ml of it in a bottle or 100ml in a glass.

That was my thinking as well. I 've only done one other Rose, and don't recall what it looked like early on.

 

[geek]

Did anyone else notice that this Kit is listed as 16L but.....

Its actually 15L of juice plus a 1L F-Pack?

Hard to know how that count these things.

Wow, really?
I didn't measure the contents of the juice bag but based on the amount of spring water used I thought/think it is just around 16L of juice.....

 

[ibglowin]

I just happened to look at the line in my bucket before going to warm up a gallon of water to add to it and it was sitting right on the 15L mark but the box is clearly marked as 16L. I guess juice is juice! LOL

 

[geek]

Good observation....

I guess they count the f-pack as part of the juice.....

 

[geek]

Hoping that it looks more like a Rose when your only looking at 750ml of it in a bottle or 100ml in a glass. Perhaps should not have added so much of the f-pack but you would think that they got the color down before hand through several bench trails.

I guess you won't have a Rose...Cool Aid may be an option later...

 

[ibglowin]

Just had an idea, if this does turn out to be on the dark side I will just top up with a standard California Sauv Blanc. That will help to lighten it up a bit. I had thought about using an inexpensive California Rose' but this makes more sense I think.

 

[Boatboy24]

Just had an idea, if this does turn out to be on the dark side I will just top up with a standard California Sauv Blanc. That will help to lighten it up a bit. I had thought about using an inexpensive California Rose' but this makes more sense I think.

Great minds...

I topped up with Eclipse SB.

 

[geek]

Jim, you said this wine tasted just like the Eclipse SB before you added the remainder of the f-pack?
I wonder if this kit is really the same exact juice, in less qty, but with the added f-pack in the kit.

 

[Boatboy24]

Jim, you said this wine tasted just like the Eclipse SB before you added the remainder of the f-pack?
I wonder if this kit is really the same exact juice, in less qty, but with the added f-pack in the kit.

I thought the similarity was striking. Although the Eclipse is NZ and this claims to be California.

 

[ibglowin]

No way I would give up any of mine for the cause!

I topped up with Eclipse SB.

 

[Boatboy24]

No way I would give up any of mine for the cause!

I view it as being stored away for future consumption.

 

[geek]

Mine is going nicely, gravity was down to ~1.020 this morning, so racking time coming tomorrow probably into 'secondary'.

 

[ibglowin]

Yea but with zero data points on taste your are risking it on an unknown!

I view it as being stored away for future consumption.

 

[Boatboy24]

Looking at mine again tonight, it is really dark, and almost looks oxidized. I'll have to pull a glass and see what a smaller quantity looks like.

 

[ibglowin]

If it don't turn out like this......

I may have to raise a stink. Which I have never done before!

 

[geek]

Mine is around 0.994 and being racked to carboy for a resting time of a couple weeks and then I will stabilize.

 

[geek]

BTW - checked PH and is ~2.83, kind of low but assume it will go in the 3.2x after f-pack.

 

[ibglowin]

Its full of CO2. You really can't get an accurate pH reading until all the CO2 is out.

BTW - checked PH and is ~2.83, kind of low but assume it will go in the 3.2x after f-pack.

 

[Boatboy24]

If it don't turn out like this......

I may have to raise a stink. Which I have never done before!

OK, side by side. On the left is my 2014 Aussie Grenache Rose. Right side is the SB Rose.