Island Mists White ZinfandelWhites in genearl

Ok, this will probalby be the first(well, second, I guess) of many questions from me in here.

Anyway, this saturday I started an Island Mist Exotic Fruits White Zinfandel kit. For those who don't know, this is a pretty standard 7.5L-6 gallon kit, which has two juice packets, the main packet is just supposed to be white zinfandel, and the second packet is, I guess, the "exotic fruits" part. Anyway, I've noticed that the juice from the White zinfandel packet is noticably red-dark. It's nothing like the Merlot kit I will be bottling this, but it's definiteiliy not near what a finished White Zinfandel kit looks like.

This is the first white kit I've done(only second in general, just started all this the first of this month, though as usual, ahve gone overboard, and have 19 gallons in 9 different batches going right now), and I was curious as to whether the darkness of this juice is just due to the grapes being used(as obviously Zinfandel is normally used as a red), and if it'll clear up to the light pink color I'm used to in White Zinfandels, or whether the darker color is a peculiarity of this particular kit,a nd it'll jsut be a darker "white".

And yes, I'm aware of the fact that red's gain their color not from the juice, but from bering fermented with the skin. Rather fond of White merlots. :)

The color of course will not keep me from getting this kit again, I just had a lot of curiosity as to why the color presented this way,a nd if it would stay this color or lighten up.

Thanks much Joel