Description

SG Wines Gold Merlot – 6 Bottle Wine Kit

Merlot is a dark blue-coloured wine grape variety, that is used for both varietal wines and as a blending grape. Its softness, combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin. Merlot is one of the primary grapes used in Bordeaux wine, and it is the most widely planted grape in the Bordeaux wine regions. Merlot is also one of the most popular red wine varietals in many markets.

This kit produces 4.5 litres (6 bottles equivalent) of delicious merlot wine in just 7 days.

Start the fermentation on day 1, it’s finished by day 5, and cleared, ready to drink by day 7. These kits are designed to be made as fast as possible, and given the correct temperature to ferment, will be ready to drink within 1 week of making them.

Although it takes around week to finish, we highly recommend leaving this wine for as long as possible for further maturation and to release its more complex flavours and to deepen them further.

EASY TO MAKE

Make this kit in 6 easy steps!

1. Clean and sanitise your equipment.
2. Mix your ingredients together.
3. Ferment for at least 5 days.
4. Clear the sediment from your wine.
5. Bottle.
6. Enjoy!

For full instructions, see inside your kit.

WHAT EQUIPMENT DO YOU NEED?

In addition to the kit, you will also require:

• Fermenter (5 L)
• Airlock & Grommet
• Demijohn & Bored Bung / Secondary  Fermenter (minimum 1 gal / 4.6 L)
• Mixing Spoon
• Hydrometer
• Thermometer
• Syphon
• Cleaner & Steriliser
• *Sugar
• 6 x 750 ml wine bottles
• 6 corks & corker / screw caps

We also recommend the use of a Vinbrite filter to clear wine to a professional standard.

* This kit requires the addition of 800 g of granulated sugar (sucrose) or 890 g of brewing sugar (dextrose) for fermentation.