Concord Wine

[Braxton8513]

Hey everybody, I'm pretty new and have a quick question. I'm getting ready to start a concord wine batch, and I was wondering if anyone has ever added oak to theirs, and If so what their results were, and if satisfied. I'm really wanting to try this, but I want to make sure it isn't going to overpower the grape. I'm making a 5 gallon batch.

Thanks all

 

[novalou]

Hey everybody, I'm pretty new and have a quick question. I'm getting ready to start a concord wine batch, and I was wondering if anyone has ever added oak to theirs, and If so what their results were, and if satisfied. I'm really wanting to try this, but I want to make sure it isn't going to overpower the grape. I'm making a 5 gallon batch. Thanks all

I've never added oak to my Concord, but be careful, oak can over power Concord.

 

[Braxton8513]

May I ask what all you have experimented with by adding to concord?

 

[seth8530]

My experience with oak would lead me to think that in the proper amounts oak has a place in nearly every wine minus things such as Riesling...

 

[the_rayway]

I have added medium toast oak sticks to my concord (2 of them in a 5 gallon batch) and it was very nice.

There are many people who also swear by concord and vanilla beans, but the flavour is not for me.

 

[Turock]

Oak is very good on concord. I've never done it in the primary, but using it there marrys the oak into the wine and is a different flavor than doing it in the secondary. We use medium toast french oak in the secondary.

 

[Turock]

Other flavors we use on concord are vanilla--slight vanilla flavor in the background is very nice. We also do an anise concord using star anise.