![]() ![]() Weak body? Check your notes and take a look at the starting SG and FG. I added extra French wood (medium toast) to the Merlot I mentioned above and only a year later can I taste the extra oak I added. ![]() The reds start to shine 18 months to 24 months after you are done secondary fermentation. Buy the kits with grape packs, with the most juice up front as possible. Some folks have given good advice already. My experience is that the reds taste similar when they are young, and the more expensive the kit, the longer it takes to mature, and the more aeration they need straight out of the bottle to open up like any red wine. The one white I made (Gurwertraminer Wine Expert) was good a month after, however. There is only so much that we can do to speed up the maturity of the kit. Red wines take time to mature, and no red wine kit is going to give you the best taste 2 months after you make it or even 6 months in my experience regardless of the series (low end to eclipse) just like real wine. Generally speaking, the kit taste is something I noticed as well and is nothing more than youth. I have made around 5-6 kits from Wine expert (Select Amarone, Valpolicella, Merlot, Eclipse Nebbiolo, Eclipse Forza) and another 2 from others (Chianti, Nebbiolo) vendors.
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