Pinot Noir Wine Kit, Forte

Overview

You choose Pinot Noir because you appreciate nuance, restraint, and quiet confidence. You are drawn to wines that reveal themselves slowly and reward attention rather than force it. With the Pinot Noir Wine Kit, Forte, you step into the role of a thoughtful winemaker, someone who values precision, patience, and elegance over excess. This is your opportunity to create a wine that reflects discernment and control, one shaped by your decisions and your understanding of balance. Crafted from premium California grapes and developed by Finer Wine Kits, this kit allows you to transform your home into a space where refined, expressive wine takes shape with intention.

Flavor and Style
As fermentation unfolds under your guidance, you create a Pinot Noir with depth and clarity. Aromas of ripe cherry, red currant, and wild strawberry rise first, followed by subtle layers of forest floor, dried herbs, and soft spice. The palate is supple and seamless, with bright red fruit balanced by gentle earthiness and fine, integrated tannins. A delicate touch of savory complexity carries through the finish, leaving a lasting impression without heaviness. This is a dry, medium bodied red wine with poise and structure, expressive yet controlled, and endlessly inviting at the table.

What Makes This Kit Different
This is the ultimate home winemaking experience because you work with raw grape concentrates and real grape skins, not shelf stable alternatives built for storage rather than flavor. Your fermentation includes 4 lbs of real grape skins along with exclusive grape seed packs, a feature unique to Finer Wine Kits. In traditional red winemaking, seeds play a critical role in shaping tannin structure and phenolic balance, even in varietals as delicate as Pinot Noir. Fermenting with both skins and seeds allows you to achieve greater textural precision, natural balance, and a finished alcohol level of 14 percent that feels seamless rather than aggressive. These choices are why wines made with Finer Wine Kits move beyond the familiar kit taste found in shelf stable brands and instead deliver the clarity, texture, and authenticity associated with wine made from fresh grapes.

Designed for Confidence and Control
You do not need years of experience to succeed, but you will come away with a deeper understanding of how Pinot Noir responds to careful handling and thoughtful fermentation. Developed by home winemakers like you, Finer Wine Kits convert hands on experience into a process that teaches as it guides. The instructions explain not only what to do, but why each step matters, helping you build intuition and confidence as the wine evolves. This makes the kit approachable for first time winemakers while remaining deeply satisfying for those who value finesse and precision.

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, aromatics, and grape integrity. This direct to door model is the only way a wine kit of this quality can exist. By removing distributors and wholesalers, you receive top grade ingredients at peak condition without unnecessary markups, ensuring genuine value for a premium product.

The raw grape concentrate is vacuum evaporated at low temperatures to protect the grape’s natural 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. Proper cold storage ensures the finished wine retains the purity and subtle complexity Pinot Noir is known for.

Technical Details
• Finished alcohol: 14 percent ABV
• Yield: 28 to 30 bottles, 6 gallons
• Style: Medium bodied red wine
• Varietal: Pinot Noir
• Character: Dry
• Region: Lodi, California
• Fermentation ingredients: Raw grape concentrate, 4 lbs of real grape skins, grape seed packs
• 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 Pinot Noir Wine Kit, Forte, you are not chasing power or excess. You are crafting a wine defined by balance, clarity, and restraint, a wine that reflects who you are and the care you bring to everything you choose to do well.

Watch the video tutorials for additional instruction. You can view and download the complete instruction booklet here. Advanced users can now also download an abbreviated version of the instructions here.

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

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