Italian Riesling Wine Kit - Master Vintner® Winemaker's Reserve®

This is our first attempt at the Italian Riesling kit by Master Vintner, and so far so good. Still in the process, with a few more weeks before bottling, but it’s been pretty straight forward thus far. One day maybe we'll remember to read the reviews before starting the process, as we probably would not have added all the conditioner based on the reviews... Live and learn (one day). Still looking forward to trying the final product!

Just Bottled the Riesling. It looks & smells great! Have not tasted it yet.

This was a little different than previous Riesling kits I've made, but the wine turned out fantastic. There's no bentonite, the instructions called for more racking steps than I'm used to, and there was a bottle of concentrated grape juice to add after fermentation. The wine tasted great as it was, so I didn't add any sweetener and ended up with a nice crisp, clean, dry Riesling.

The window to do a purchase review is a little shorter than it should be. The Italian Reisling I purchased just got bottled today! There was limited information about this kit, but after submitting questions I decided to purchase this. It ended up at 12.37% abv. I woukd consider this a medium/heavy kit. It comes with a conditioner to sweeten the wine, but I prefer a dry finish. After examining suggestions from previous reviewers, I started at 50% conditioner, and tested every other day. I ended up at 90% conditioner added and reached a sweet and dry finish my wife amd I could agree on. It needs 2 or 3 weeks to settle, but my impression as of the bottling date is I can't wait to start imbibing. When testing the sweetness, remember that if warm, it tastes dryer than it is. If cold, it tastes sweeter than it is. Chill for 1 hour and use that as your baseline.

This kit is excellent however it came with no directions. I did end up finding directions online but it’s also the first time I’ve used oak powder. The directions online say not to cheese cloth the powder so it will be interesting to find out how it turns out. Still fermenting