Merlot | 7% Light-Bodied Red Winemaking Kit (4.8 L | 1.26 gal)

Regular price $54.95 USD
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  • Selling Unit: Each
  • PABV: Potential Alcohol By Volume 07 %  ABV
  • Volume: 4.8 liters (1.27 US Gallon)
  • Weeks to Make: 4 Weeks 
  • Makes: 23 LT. (6.07 US Gallons)
  • Dimensions: 6¼ X 6½ X 14
  • Weight: 15 LBS. (6.8 KG)
  • Wine Making Pak Includes: Wine Base, Yeast, Bentonite, Sulphite/Sorbate, Fining Agents
  • Product of Canada

 

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About This Wine

Popular Wines Made From Merlot Varietal Grapes:

  • Saint-Émilion
  • Pomerol
  • Medoc
  • Red Bordeaux

These wines are often said to have a plummy taste and notes of chocolate. It’s also considered to be smooth and very easy to drink.

Merlot, which in French means The Little Blackbird, is the second most popular red grape in America. 

Taste: A soft, silky texture with flavors of strawberry, raspberry and plum, accompanied by some vegetal notes in cooler climates, which change to blackberry and black cherry, with additional chocolate and fruitcake flavors in hotter climates.

Tannin: Low to medium

Acidity: Low to medium

Age: Most should be drunk young as only the finest wines need time to develop.

Grape juice concentrate (preserved with sulphur dioxide), liquid invert sugar, tartaric acid, malic acid, citric acid, tanin, ascorbic acid. Additives (included in Wine Kit) Packet A: Bentonite, Packet B: Potassium Metabisulphite, Packet C: Potassium Sorbate, Packet D: Clearing Agent (kieselsol/chitosane), Packet of Yeast.

Wine-making in 4 easy steps

1
Mix the 
Juice & Yeast
2
Ferment 
for 28 Days
3
Add Degas 
& Clarifiers
4
Bottle 
& Enjoy

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