Smell

I was reading the post, "Help! funny smell" and I am wondering about the smell of the first batch of wine I made. The batch is a red or burgundy. I believe the plant is a cross between a Isabella and a Couderc Noir.

I have racked it three times and each time the yeast on the bottom has a bad smell and there is a light smell of the yeast in the wine.

I have a white wine I have done only three racks and do not have this smell in the yeast.

Both wines are almost clear. Should I be worried about the red wine?

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Roy Boy
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wine takes time.i am new at winemaking too. the wine i made in early june was stinky. but improved greatly when i bottled it a couple weeks ago.everything ive read here said this is normal and will improve with age. lucas

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ds549

I just don't want to have the problem that they were talking about that you can fix if you catch it in time and your wine is bad if you don't.

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Roy Boy

Roy, What yeast did you use? Describe the smell more. Is it like vinegar, rotten eggs, nail polish remover????

Joe

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Joe Giller

It smells like it did when it was fermenting. It is kind of a musty smell. The instructions that I was going by did not say anything about a ML fermentation. I am wondering if maybe it is the acid, because the white wines do not have this smell.

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Roy Boy

I am new to wine making. I've made 6 gallons of Shiraz and 6 of Pinot Noir using kits. Both wines are in the 1-3 month bottling hold time. But when I bottled them, it WAS a fermenting musty smell.(they were totally done fermenting) The taste was great, better than my favorite store bought, but the store bought had a better nose. It was not rotten, or earthy or stinky, just a little like the must spell while in carboys. I am hoping with age, this gets better. Is it normal for wines to taste better than they smell when you are bottling them? I am now into a 6 gallon Cranberry wine from juice and berries. And man, the smell is heavenly and the taste, though sweet since it's only 5% alchohol so far, is great. But that is cranberries (with 2 cans of welch white concentrate). I also have a 1 gallon Welch's concord under way - and it smells great. Taste is like grape juice, but it's only been a few days.

So if anyone knows if shiraz and Pinot Noir or red wines have a poor nose upon bottling, but typically get better, that would help. thoughts? DAve

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DAve Allison

I made this wine from grapes off the vine. It does taste good for a young wine, but there is no way I would serve this to anyone else with the smell.

The wine I made from a blush grape (type unknown) I took from my brothers vines does not have this smell after the second racking. The water melon wine that has only been racked once has the smell. The reason I question if something is wrong is because the red wine is clear and I have not had any settlement after the last racking. I would think if it was the yeast, it would of gone with the yeast.

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Roy Boy

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