Has anyone ever experienced getting bad juice? We are on our third year of making wine. The first year we made a Cabernet, Sangiovese and a Merlot. All three came out acceptable, not perfect but very drinkable. Our next batches were Chilean Cabernet, Pinot Noir and a Malbec. We made all three exactly like the previous except for the fact that we bought a PH tester and Added Camden Tablets in lieu of the Powdered K-Meta. We also finished it off with Potassium Sorbate. I will admit that we bottled the Pinot and The Malbec After 9 months with only a SOSO taste. We thought that it would improve with age. Well 11 months later it tastes Horrible. We never bottled the Cab because it too didnt taste very good. We tried to back sweeten the Cab and added some raisins hoping to clean it up. All helped a little but still doesn't taste very good. The taste seems to be a bit Musty or Sour? The smell is probably the same. This is in all three.
We changed juice suppliers for our next batches and they look and taste much better.
Any Ideas.
We changed juice suppliers for our next batches and they look and taste much better.
Any Ideas.