Welch's Chardannay ???

Oct 15, 2005 1 Replies

I have made several batchs wine from Wech's frozen white grape juice. I just tried a three gallon batch from the same frozen juice, but this time I added some flavoring trying to get a poor man's charannay. I bought a pinnaple and peeled it then put it in the blender and mushed it up, then bought three mangos, and did the same with them. I then added this mushed up fruit to my grape juice, and did the regular wine making procedure. I bottled it couple weeks ago, and it smelled really good, almost like a cheap chardannay, but it tasted really strong, maybe cause it hasn't had any ageing, but I have great hopes in making a wine that almost tastes like chardannay, from frozen juice.



Now the question, has anyone experimented with this before?? If so please share their knowledge with me, I have a big head and very little in it, so I could use all the advise I can get.



Thanks Jim



A lot of white wines will taste like Chardonnay if they are put through ML and oak aged or fermented. You might try doing an ML on the Welch's and adding oak chips. I have not tried this as I do not like the oaky buttery taste of the way Chardonnay is most often made here. I like mine crisp and non oaky / buttery but if you like that flavor, I think you might be able to come close.

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