terroirdejeroir
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I opened the first bottle of my second batch of Red Mountain Cab over the weekend and I am reconsidering my previous assessment of this kit. I made the first batch with the EC-1118 that was included and per instructions except I left the cubes in 8 weeks and did extended bulk aging. The second batch I substituted ICV-D254 yeast, but otherwise no tweaks.
The first batch was very good, but not elite. The second batch is astoundingly good. Maybe I am getting better at making wine, but I give the yeast the credit.
Since the kit is going to be discontinued I snagged a couple of them to experiment with, so I am looking for other yeast suggestions with this kit as well as any other tweaks folks have enjoyed. Please share your thoughts.
FWIW, I am impressed with myself as the bottle I opened was the first of thirty for this batch and it was twelve months old. First time I have ever been able to wait that long for a taste! I guess that is what having a cellar of almost 400 bottles does for you....
The first batch was very good, but not elite. The second batch is astoundingly good. Maybe I am getting better at making wine, but I give the yeast the credit.
Since the kit is going to be discontinued I snagged a couple of them to experiment with, so I am looking for other yeast suggestions with this kit as well as any other tweaks folks have enjoyed. Please share your thoughts.
FWIW, I am impressed with myself as the bottle I opened was the first of thirty for this batch and it was twelve months old. First time I have ever been able to wait that long for a taste! I guess that is what having a cellar of almost 400 bottles does for you....