Muscadine Wine

[Hippie]

Beautiful!

 

[MedPretzel]

I agree. Great color!

 

[Waldo]

Thanks Hippie and Martina. I am hoping it will only ge better as it ages.

 

[MedPretzel]

How does it taste? Did you go with Oak or no?

 

[Hi In The Pines]

Ok, so whats a Muscadine?? and are there other names for it?

 

[Hippie]

A grape native to the Southeast. There are now several hybrid cultivars in black, bronze, pink, red. Vitis Rotundifolia. The bronze color is sometimes called Scuppernong.


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[Waldo]

I did not oak it Martina. I wish I had but I could neverremember to order any more. I do however have a 5 liter oak barrel with a medium char that I am going to bulk age some of it in when it gets ready to bottle.

 

[MedPretzel]

wow! a barrel?!? You sure do learn fast!














Martina

 

[Hippie]

Waldo, better start getting that barrel ready now. Aren't you supposed to keep it full of something liquid always? I don't know much about them, but should you fill it with a K-Meta solution until time to put wine it it?

Edited by: Hippie

 

[Waldo]

It is still a new barrel right now Hippie. Has not been used yet. The instructions call for soaking it, submerged for 2-3 days and then filling it with water until it quits leaking. It is then supposed to be ready for filling. I will use this process and once it quits leaking then I will fill it with the K-Meta until the wine is ready to add. I think at the rate it is clearing it should probably be ready about the end of October. There is a picture of the barrel in an earlier post I think was in the topic about my wine cellar


Edited by: Waldo

 

[Hippie]

Do the instructions give you any idea how long you will have the wine in the barrel before you rack back to glass and add another wine to it? I am thinking no more than 2-3 months for a new barrel, especially a small one that gives more wood-wine ratio than a larger barrel. The next wine can stay in longer to get the same oaking, then the next longer, etc. I have no personal experience with barrels and only pass on what I have studied.

 

[Waldo]

The instructions do not cover that Hippie. They only allude to the fact that the barrel needs to be kept full or it will dry out and start leaking. I thought I would age in the barrel for about 3-4 months and then bottle it and add one gallon of the Mead back to the barrel and see how it does in oak.Edited by: Waldo

 

[Waldo]

Well, it has been almost a week now since I racked my Muscadine and there ishardly any more sediment at all. I think I may be within a couple of weeks of being ready to bottle it. I took it outside for a breath of fresh air and to reacquaint it with its more familiar surroundings. Hoping to encourage it to be a good wine.

There are two labels I have designed for my Muscadine Wine. I am going to use the one that garners the most popular votes here on the forum. Go to 'Polls" to see the labels and post your vour vote.














Edited by: Waldo

 

[Angell Wine]

I DON'T LIKE MUSCADINE WINE BUT I THINK I WOULD TRY THAT ONE. lOOKS GOOD !

 

[Hippie]

It is your wine. It seems really young to be ready to bottle. Just my opinion.

 

[Waldo]

Thanks Angel


Grasshopper seeks the wisdom of the "Muscadine Master"


So it is better to bulk age it than to let it age in the bottle Hippie?


Edited by: Waldo

 

[peterCooper]

It certainly does look nice. Is muscadine a wine that could be blended? If so
with what?

 

[Waldo]

Peter, I just started a Muscadine/Concord Grape that I hope will be a good blend.

 

[rgecaprock]

Hi Waldo,


Been kind of away from the forum but looking at the posts you have really come a long way in a short time....your wines look great. I can tell you are having fun.....you should be proud!!!!!

Ramona

 

[Hippie]

Waldo...Bottle it!, then let it age a year, or more.