Hello from chilly central Ohio. (got our first dusting of snow last night)
Anyway.. My wife likes, no strike that, loves Concord wine. This year I was able to obtain enough concord grapes from a local vineyard to do a 6 gallon batch. My wife likes her wines dry but does not get that the concord wines she has had in the past were not completely dry. From what I have been able to gather from the winery that we always buy her concord from, is that it is slightly back sweetened. Can anyone tell me what you would expect a concord to be sweetened to in order to have a crisp, grapey flavor that is not over-sweet? I do not have a lot of experience back-sweetening (my blueberry ended up a little to sweet this year - my first back-sweetening attempt) but I was thinking in the 1.005 to 1.008 range??
Any help would be appreciated!!
- Tom
Anyway.. My wife likes, no strike that, loves Concord wine. This year I was able to obtain enough concord grapes from a local vineyard to do a 6 gallon batch. My wife likes her wines dry but does not get that the concord wines she has had in the past were not completely dry. From what I have been able to gather from the winery that we always buy her concord from, is that it is slightly back sweetened. Can anyone tell me what you would expect a concord to be sweetened to in order to have a crisp, grapey flavor that is not over-sweet? I do not have a lot of experience back-sweetening (my blueberry ended up a little to sweet this year - my first back-sweetening attempt) but I was thinking in the 1.005 to 1.008 range??
Any help would be appreciated!!
- Tom