How We Made Passito: Italian Style Raisin Wine

Passito is a fortified, sweet Italian wine made from dried grapes. We take dried grapes to be raisins, so.... we made a wine from raisins. Is it 100% authentic? Oh, heck no, but.... was it any good? Can we actually make a passable Passito?

Ingredients:
1.25 lbs (0.567 kg) Raisins, crushed
1.25 lbs (0.567 kg) Brown Sugar
128 fluid oz (3.785 liters) Water
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1 Orange, peeled
1/2 packet Red Star Premier Rouge Yeast: https://amzn.to/40qWQuP
O.G. approx 1.090

Additions:
1 liter Paul Masson Brandy
1 stave French Oak Medium Plus Toast: https://barrelcharwood.com/
Back Sweeten with Brown Sugar to 1.004
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Chapters:
00:00 Our History with Raisin Wine
00:50 Raisin Selection
01:11 Yeast Prep
02:51 Creating the Must
09:43 pH
11:26 Original Gravity Reading (O.G.)
12:20 Pitching Yeast
13:00 What to Expect
15:23 1st Specific Gravity Check
19:20 2nd Specific Gravity Check
20:26 How Long to Leave on Fruit?
21:34 Racking
23:08 Fortification
25:53 Oaking
29:11 Final Adjustments
38:46 Back Sweeten Gravity Reading
39:14 Tasting
43:30 Judgement
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