Current Status | Bottled (25 bottles) | Start Date | 19 January 2003 |
Honey | 1 gallon | Grape Juice | See Discussion |
Acid Blend | 10 tsp | Citric Acid | 1 tsp |
Tannin | 2 tsp | Yeast Nutrient | 4 tsp |
Initial Gravity | 1.080 | Brix | 20 |
Potential Alcohol | 11 | Yeast | Côtes des Blancs |
First Racking Date | 02 February 2003 | Specific Gravity | 1.050 |
Second Racking Date | 01 March 2003 | Final Gravity | 1.008 |
Bottling Date | 09 January 2005 |
At bottling I had to add a lot of metabisulphite. It had sat so long aging that most of it was gone. It still has a bit of a syrupy aftertaste that should diminish with time.