Sangria wine kit started

 I started a sangria wine kit we picked up at Baders. Simple kit, mix water with fruit juice and yeast and wait. We'll see how it turns out in 2 months. I used a Lalvin K1-V1116 yeast.

The wine kit.

From their site:

Vintner's Best® Fruit Wine Bases are all-natural and made with real fruit juice. They are blended from the same formulations used by commercial wineries and allow you to avoid straining out the fruit pieces. Vintner's Best® Fruit Wine bases make 5 gallons of high-quality fruit wine at around 10% ABV. Easy, convenient re-sealable packaging with no pH or acid adjustments allows you to scale depending on your batch size. All you have to do is add yeast and water.

A blend of juice concentrates, corn syrup, citric acid and natural flavor designed to make a fermentable base for a sangria style wine blend at 18.6 Brix. The product is blended, pasteurized and can be stored at ambient temperature.

Recommended Yeast: Lalvin K1V-1116 or Red Star Premier Classique

 

 

Initial SG: 1.072

Next Steps:

1. 7/15/21: Started
2. Wait 2 weeks
3. 7/30/21: Rack to secondary carboy after 2 weeks
4. Wait 4 weeks
5. 8/27/21: Test SG, if above 1.0, let ferment, if below, continue
6. Rack it
7. Add 1 crushed campden per gallon to wine
8. Add 1/2 tsp of potassium sorbate per gallon
9. Stir in
10. Wait 1 week to clear
11. 9/3/21: Sweeten to taste using wine conditioner?
    
12. Bottle
13. Drink now or wait up to 6 months
    

Wine conditioner info: https://blog.homebrewing.org/wine-conditioner-sweeten-wine/