Well Wade to answer your question will cost you..
I used absolutely no sugar. I will say that this wine does contain about 15% of Pure Pa wild picked Black Raspberry's that i have bleed for days on my legs and arms from tromping thru the bushes. I only used the most ripe berries that i could find and it was at the end of season so they were super sweet well the ones i ate while picking were. I Frozed them for a few weeks. I thawed them then Crushed them and added some Enzyme to break them down. A few days later I extracted every bit of Juice out of them that i could. The 85% Merlot is Mosti Mondiale That i bought from George. Hungarian Oak shavings added to the primary SG 1.094 for a few days then removed. Then some extra Hungarian Oak cubes added to the secondary with some other Oak. as now it sits in the Secondary at 68deg SG is 1.004 and dropping. So now you know it is not by any means a WE Island mist product. If that is what you were refering to as kit. i believe that would make my wine 12.5% abv. If i am wrong please correct me. My wine is open for suggestions, improvments, modifications. as I am Learing from all of you.
Kashew.