Traditional Vintage from Wine Kitz has a long, proud history of award-winning wines. Inspired by a passion for great wine, each Traditional Vintage kit offers exceptional wine character and taste. Vineyards worldwide are the source of our premium grape juice and grape juice concentrates. From the grapevine to your wine glass, we take the utmost care to ensure that the wine you serve and enjoy with family and friends is the best in its class. Each 10L wine kit makes 30, 750 ml bottles of premium wine (23 litres) in 5 weeks.
Red Wines
Barolo Style – ITALY
Swayed by reputations of greatness? Enjoy Italy’s “King of Wines” at a pauper’s price. Sweet plummy aroma and flavoured of violets, chocolatey earth tones and hints of licorice and oak, with inviting tannins.
Oak: Heavy Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Cabernet Merlot – CHILE
If only all of us could marry as well as Cabernet and Merlot! Dark, roasted aroma and rich black currant flavour gets along very well with chewy fruit characteristics.
Oak: Heavy Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Cabernet Sauvignon – AUSTRALIA
It build its reputation on Bordeaux’s Left Bank, but Australia may be its true home. Aromas of black cherry, pepper, plum and delicious hints of cassis, spicy oak and chocolate. Balanced at the finish.
Oak: Heavy Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Cabernet Sauvignon – CHILE
This famous red draws your nose right into the glass with aromas of dark berry, vanilla and …is that a hint of earth with undertones of mint and oaky spice? Indubitably.
Oak: Heavy Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Cabernet Shiraz – AUSTRALIA
Craft the blend that put Australia on the wine map. Combines the structural intensity of Cabernet Sauvignon with the ripe fruit and chocolate flavours of Shiraz. This dry red finishes with spicy oak.
Oak: Heavy Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Cabernet Shiraz – CHILE
This dry red reflects the best aspects of two noble varietals. Ripe black currant and spice from the Shiraz combine with rich, earthy characters of the Cabernet Sauvignon. With vanilla oak and soft tannins. Oak: Medium Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Gamay Bergamais ™
Fresh, lively and with a juicy berry scent, it dances on the tongue before a crisp finish. Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Malbec – ARGENTINA
This fruit forward red is the rising star in new red wines! The bouquet is highlighted by violet, spice and oak followed by rich flavours of blackberry, blueberry, and plum.
Oak: Medium Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Mataro – AUSTRALIA
You can call this dry Aussie red Mataro or Mourvèdre, but its character is clear – medium-bodied and nuanced with blueberry, cassis and black fruits. Finishes nicely with medium tannins and a touch of French Oak vanilla.
Oak: Medium Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Merlot – CHILE
Easy-drinking lovely stuff for everyday enjoyment. Wonderfully balanced with gripping flavours of black cherry, plums and berry. Finishes very smooth.
Oak: Heavy Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Pinot Noir – NEW ZEALAND
This fast-moving red comes fully loaded with flavours! Notes of cherry, red berry, spice and a touch of earth help you steer conversation to your masterful wine making.
Oak: Medium Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Primitivo – ITALY (with WK Crushed Grape Pack)
A This is a fruit-driven, full-bodied red wine with aromas and flavours of blue plum, blackberry and cherry with subtle notes of oak and spice. The smooth, rich mouth-feel allows for early consumption but the wine will also age nicely. Enjoy with saucy barbecued ribs, gourmet burgers topped with sautéed mushrooms or grilled red pepper, beef stews, meat lover’s pizza or rigatoni in a tomato sauce with spicy sausage and arugula.
Oak: Medium Body: Heavy Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Sangiovese – ITALY
The official flavour of Italy! Dry and polished with zesty fruit taste and soft tannins, this ruby coloured red first wins you over with aromas of cocoa, vanilla and cranberry.
Oak: Heavy Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Shiraz
Black fruit aromas give way to plump blackberry, mellow pepper and smooth mocha. Hearty and spicy with vanilla oak lingering on the tongue.
Oak: Medium Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Shiraz – AUSTRALIA
When your day needs a flavour intervention, reach for this dry red with its aromas of blueberry and spicy oak. Smooth and inviting on the palate with flavours of blackberry, raspberry and pepper.
Oak: Heavy Body: Heavy Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Tempranillo – SPAIN (with WK Crushed Grape Pack)
This dark, thick-skinned grape produces a deep coloured, full-bodied red wine with good structure and moderate acidity. The bouquet and flavours reflect cherry, plum, strawberry, spice, tobacco with some earthy tones. Serve with grilled red meats, herbed lamb chops, lamb casserole, eggplant, braised beef short-ribs, meat pies, meatloaf and steak and kidney pie.
Oak: Heavy Body: Heavy Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Valpolicella Style – ITALY
A generous, emphatic bouquet of dark cherries and just a hint of anise. It doesn’t skimp on the flavour either, with an elegant balance of silky tannins and a lengthy finish.
Body: Medium Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week
Vieux Chateau du Roi ™
This popular red conjures complex layered berry fruit flavours, spice and an oaky undertone. Oak: Heavy Body: Heavy Sweetness: Dry Type: 5 Week