Thought this might be interesting/helpful especially for new wine makers.
I recently bottled my second raspberry wine and the differences are truly amazing. The most obvious difference is color.
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The bottle on the right is the very last bottle of my very first wine. (I don't think I'll ever open it. It has historical importance.
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I used 3.5 lbs of raspberries for a gallon. After making a wonderful jam that's all I had left. Raspberry aroma with my nose in the glass. Flavor was identifiable as raspberry, similar to some commercial brands. As my first wine I was happy and considered it a great success.
The bottle on the left had 5.5 lbs of raspberries/gallon. Raspberry aroma was noticeable with the glass a foot away from my nose! And the flavor was knock-your-socks-off! In fact, one could almost imagine that raspberry flavoring was added, that's how intense it is. Without question, one of my favorites and I wish all my wines were such a success. Fortunately for me it was one of my rare larger batches, 3 gallons.
I recently bottled my second raspberry wine and the differences are truly amazing. The most obvious difference is color.
![20231226_085218.jpg 20231226_085218.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/winemakingtalk/data/attachments/104/104701-942c9f03167c47f362dcf28311b03847.jpg)
The bottle on the right is the very last bottle of my very first wine. (I don't think I'll ever open it. It has historical importance.
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I used 3.5 lbs of raspberries for a gallon. After making a wonderful jam that's all I had left. Raspberry aroma with my nose in the glass. Flavor was identifiable as raspberry, similar to some commercial brands. As my first wine I was happy and considered it a great success.
The bottle on the left had 5.5 lbs of raspberries/gallon. Raspberry aroma was noticeable with the glass a foot away from my nose! And the flavor was knock-your-socks-off! In fact, one could almost imagine that raspberry flavoring was added, that's how intense it is. Without question, one of my favorites and I wish all my wines were such a success. Fortunately for me it was one of my rare larger batches, 3 gallons.