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blending crabapple wine with banana wine

Hi there,

I'm looking for some advice to help me blend some wines that I have waiting to be bottled. I have 5 gallons of crabapple and 1 gallon of banana that have both been aging in their respective carboys for about 9 months. The last time I had a taste of either, neither of them were particularly delicious. The crabapple seemed very acidic, and I don't know how to describe the banana.

I am by no means a wine expert, and have very little knowledge about blending or achieving desired levels of body or dryness or acidity. I am wondering if anyone out there has blended these 2 particular wines, and if so what ratios did you use?

I am contemplating just mixing them 5:1 crabapple:banana as that's what I have available, and figure it will help add body to the crabapple wine without altering its flavor too much. I would probably sweeten it somewhat if it is still as acidic as the last time I tasted it.

Any advice or info on blending these 2 would be much appreciated.

TIA

Simon.

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Simon96Taco
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Simon, I don't have any experience blending these wines, but I will give you my basic blending method. I take a graduated cylinder (100ml) and I add proportional amounts of each wine and put that into a glass which I label. For example I would add 75 ml of Apple and 25 ml of Banana to get a 3:1 ratio. I then conduct a tasting and we choose the wine we like best. I then extrapolate this amount over into either bottle or carboy amounts to achieve the ratios. I also use a similar method for determining sweetness. Let's say I start with 80ml of wine, add 20 ml of sugar syrup and achieve the sweetness I desire. I can take a specific gravity and know exactly how sweet we want to make the wine. You can also just take the 20 ml and multiply it by your volume such as 7.5 for a 750 ml bottle to add this amount to each bottle. ( I use a plastic syringe to add the wine to the cylinder, or sometimes individual bottles for small batches) HTH John Dixon "

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John Dixon

Sounds like it is time for a wine testing party. Invite a friend (a good friend) over and do samples. Decide what is best. Your friend will leave warm and fuzzy and feeling good that you would ask him and then you can do what every you like. I understand some wineries do this. Invite guests in and have them pick the best blend. Then, after the guests leave, they just dump them in using the ratio of the amount of wine they have. Great fun though!

Ray

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Ray

Excellent advice from both of you, thanks so much ; )

Simon.

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Simon96Taco

GREAGT IDEaImade a 5gl batch 20 lb crabapplse ,10 lb ripe boss pears .2 years best I ever made. Be aware off the oils in bananas,as that's where the aromas are,Dint ad sugar until you have a chance to. Sample your mix. DONT RUSH IT

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Mike

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