Zinfandel Wine Kit, Forte

Overview

You are drawn to wines that feel generous, expressive, and unapologetically bold, wines that fill the glass and the room with energy. With the Zinfandel Wine Kit, Forte, you take on the role of a confident home winemaker who embraces richness, warmth, and character. This is not about subtlety for its own sake, it is about crafting a wine that reflects abundance, personality, and a love for full flavored reds. Sourced from premium California grapes and developed by Finer Wine Kits, this Zinfandel gives you the freedom to shape a wine that feels vibrant and deeply satisfying, made by your hands and guided by your instincts.

Flavor and Style
As fermentation unfolds, you create a wine that is immediately engaging. Lush aromas of ripe blackberry, raspberry preserves, and dark cherry rise from the glass, layered with hints of cracked black pepper, baking spice, and a touch of warm earth. On the palate, the wine is broad and mouth filling, with jammy fruit at the core balanced by savory spice and a structured backbone. The finish is dry yet generous, carrying dark berry, cocoa, and subtle spice long after the last sip. This is a big bodied red with bold color, depth, and a sense of generosity that makes it irresistible 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 substitutes designed to trade flavor for convenience. 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 are essential to building true tannin structure and phenolic depth. Fermenting with both skins and seeds produces richer texture, greater balance, and a natural framework that fully supports a finished alcohol level of 14 percent. These decisions are exactly why wines made with Finer Wine Kits move beyond the familiar kit taste associated with shelf stable brands and instead deliver the depth, warmth, and authenticity of wine made from fresh grapes.

Designed for Confidence and Control
You do not need years of experience to achieve impressive results, but you will gain a deeper understanding of winemaking along the way. Created by home winemakers like you, Finer Wine Kits reflect years of practical knowledge distilled into a clear, reliable process. The instructions explain not just what to do, but why each step matters, helping you build confidence and intuition as you work. This approach makes the kit equally rewarding for first time winemakers and those ready to elevate the quality of what they produce at home.

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 the only way a wine kit of this quality can exist. By eliminating distributors and wholesalers, you receive top grade ingredients at peak condition without unnecessary markups, ensuring exceptional value for a premium product.

The raw grape concentrate is vacuum evaporated at low temperatures to preserve natural flavor and avoid the cooked notes 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. This cold storage ensures the finished wine delivers the vibrancy, richness, and depth you expect.

Technical Details
• Finished alcohol: 14 percent ABV
• Yield: 28 to 30 bottles, 6 gallons
• Style: Big bodied red wine
• Varietal: Zinfandel
• 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 Zinfandel Wine Kit, Forte, you are creating a wine that celebrates generosity, confidence, and flavor. It is a bold expression of your taste and your willingness to embrace a richer, more rewarding home winemaking experience.

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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