Clarice’s Choice Red Blend Wine Kit, Artisan

Overview

You appreciate tradition, but you also appreciate a wink and a sense of humor when it is well earned. Clarice’s Choice Red Blend Wine Kit, Artisan, is Finer Wine Kits’ playful and respectful nod to a famous Italian classic we are not allowed to name, though any lover of central Italian reds will recognize it immediately. Formerly known by a more geographically specific name, this wine was reborn with personality intact and rules politely observed. It is made in the unmistakable style of a Tuscan table wine, bright, savory, food driven, and unapologetically charming. And yes, it pairs beautifully with fava beans.

Flavor and Style
As fermentation unfolds, you guide a wine that feels familiar in all the right ways while offering a fresh perspective. Sangiovese leads with vivid cherry, dried red plum, and lively acidity that gives the wine its unmistakable backbone. Merlot steps in where tradition once called for Canaiolo, softening the edges with supple texture, gentle spice, and warmth. Petite Sirah completes the blend with depth of color, dark berry tones, and subtle savory grip that grounds the wine and adds intrigue. The finish is dry, savory, and distinctly food friendly, carrying red fruit, spice, and a hint of earth that invites another bite and another sip.

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, delivering natural color, texture, and phenolic balance while preserving brightness and approachability. 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 freshness, balance, and realism 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 acidity, fruit clarity, and 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 Italian inspired red blend
• Varietals: Sangiovese, Merlot, Petite Sirah
• 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 Clarice’s Choice Red Blend Wine Kit, Artisan, you create a wine that honors tradition with a knowing smile. It is Finer Wine Kits’ irreverent, respectful take on a beloved Italian classic, expressive, savory, endlessly food friendly, and just a little bit mischievous.

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

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