Fortifying concord wine with brandy

Dec 03, 2005 1 Replies

Has anyone ever fortified a rather flat concord wine with brandy? I checked the archives but I don't find anything pertinent. I have a 3 gal batch which has probably aged a year. It has been stabilized and sweetened but ends up tasting like Welch's grape juice. I didn't bother recording the starting or ending SG as it was just a "play wine" made with some concord grapes a friend had dropped off. I'd like to bottle a halfway decent product and am toying with providing at least a little kick with brandy. Thanks in advance for your input....



Paul



If it is flat, maybe it needs a little acid. Lack of acid is what is normally described as flat.

I have fortified with several things but never brandy. It tends to be expensive. Yes you could buy cheap (or cheaper) brandy but then you are blending a wine that has a flaw with a brandy that has a flaw (tastes cheap). Blending two bad wines will generally end up with a larger quantity of bad wine. I am sure brandy is the same.

Ray

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