Cali Northern Rhone-Style Wine Kit, Artisan

Overview

You are drawn to wines that challenge expectations and reward curiosity, wines that feel rooted in tradition yet unmistakably individual. With the Cali Northern Rhone-Style Wine Kit, Artisan, you explore Finer Wine Kits’ unique take on a southern French classic, interpreted through premium California fruit and a refined winemaking philosophy. This is a wine for someone who appreciates savory depth, aromatic lift, and the interplay between power and finesse. Rather than imitate, this kit reimagines a time honored style with intention and balance, allowing you to create a wine that feels distinctive, thoughtful, and confidently your own.

Flavor and Style
As fermentation progresses, you guide a wine that unfolds with layered complexity. Syrah anchors the blend with dark blackberry, black olive, and cracked pepper, delivering the savory core that defines classic Rhône inspired wines. Chardonnay contributes subtle roundness and textural softness, lending a gentle creaminess that smooths the palate without overt richness. Riesling adds precision and lift, weaving in hints of citrus peel and brightness that sharpen focus and enhance aromatic clarity. The result is a full bodied red wine that balances dark fruit, spice, and freshness, finishing with length, energy, and composure.

What Makes This Kit Different
This is premium home winemaking built around authenticity rather than shelf stability. You work with raw grape concentrates and real grape skins, not heat processed substitutes designed to tolerate long periods at room temperature. Each Artisan kit includes 2 lbs of real grape skins and 2 oz of grape seeds, providing natural color, texture, and phenolic structure while preserving balance and definition. In traditional red winemaking, fermenting with skins and seeds is essential to achieving a complete and natural mouthfeel. This approach is why wines made with Finer Wine Kits move beyond the familiar kit taste associated with shelf stable brands and instead express the depth, realism, and freshness expected from wines made with fresh grapes.

A Classic Expression of Balance
Artisan wines are designed to finish at 12.5 to 13 percent alcohol, a range long regarded as the classic sweet spot for fine wine. This level preserves aromatic precision and fruit integration while maintaining structure and length on the palate. The result is a full bodied wine that matures sooner and expresses greater fruit forwardness than higher alcohol wines, allowing balance and complexity to emerge without extended aging.

Cold Stored, Direct to Your Door
This kit is a true agricultural product and cannot sit on a shelf. Because of its perishable nature, it is stored cold and shipped directly from freezer storage to your door, preserving freshness, aroma, and varietal character. This direct to door model is essential to quality and is a defining principle behind every Finer Wine Kits product. By eliminating distributors and wholesalers, you receive top grade ingredients at peak condition without unnecessary markups.

The raw grape concentrate is vacuum evaporated at low temperatures to protect the grape’s intrinsic character and avoid the cooked flavors common in shelf stable kits. If you are not ready to begin immediately, the grape skins must be stored in your freezer, and the raw grape concentrates must be stored at 3 degrees F or colder to preserve quality.

Technical Details
• Finished alcohol: 12.5 to 13 percent ABV
• Yield: 28 to 30 bottles, 6 gallons
• Style: Full bodied red blend
• Varietals: Syrah with Chardonnay and Riesling
• Character: Dry
• Region: Lodi, California
• Fermentation ingredients: Raw grape concentrate, 2 lbs of real grape skins, 2 oz of grape seeds
• Storage requirements: Grape skins must be stored in the freezer, raw grape concentrates must be stored at 3 degrees F or colder
• Important notice: This kit is an agricultural product and must be fermented or cooked before being consumed

With the Cali Northern Rhone-Style Wine Kit, Artisan, you create a wine that reflects interpretation rather than imitation. It is a nuanced, expressive red that honors a southern French classic while showcasing the creativity, balance, and intent that define the Finer Wine Kits approach to premium home winemaking.

*This kit is an agricultural product and must be fermented or cooked before being consumed.

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