Got this started tonight. 2 cans per 6 gallons. added 5 1/2 cans of water instead of 7 like the instructions and 16 lbs of sugar as Im going with a slightly high abv and will finish off sweeter. Starting SG was 1.120 and used Cotes Des Blanc. Looking for a finished SG of around 1.015.
Black Currant
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NorthernWinos
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That's a lot of sugar....Sweet 'thang' aren't you????
Will it be like a Port?????
Will it be like a Port?????
No, just a higher abv wine with a little more sweetness, the black currant wine that is sold not too far from me has a abv about the same and a sg of about 1 035 and it is awesome but just a little too sweet to drink more then one decent glass of. I tend to like my fruit wines sweet like this, it really brings out the flavor. I like my red grape wines dry as a bone though!
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Wade, toss in some oak, it goes good with black currants. We are going to try steaming some we picked this summer to see how that turns out. Crackedcork
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Opened a bottle tonight of our Black Currant bottled March 2007....
Very nice indeed!!!!
Glad I picked up another can..... will make a batch at some point this winter.
Recommend this one for everyone to try....
Very nice indeed!!!!
Glad I picked up another can..... will make a batch at some point this winter.
Recommend this one for everyone to try....
Still waiting on mine to come around. I made the 3-gal batch with the bottle of WE red grape concentrate like NW uses. I also oaked it with two different American oak spirals for a week each. Finally printed out labels too. Now if I could just get the darn things to stick!
I use the label paper I get from George. With my first batch, I sprayed the front with polyeurathane, but I used clear enamel with this batch. That may be the problem, or it may be that this was a defective batch of paper. Not sure. Bottles are plenty warm, around 75 degrees here indoors.
BTW, very nice label you posted for yours. I'm ashamed to show mine, even if I could figure out how. The Print Artist program I use is a bit cheap and doesn't let me post the files on here.
BTW, very nice label you posted for yours. I'm ashamed to show mine, even if I could figure out how. The Print Artist program I use is a bit cheap and doesn't let me post the files on here.
Do you save them as jpegs? If you ever want I can probably post them for you. I just noticed that he has changed paper that he uses or at least the package has changed cause they used to be sold as a sheet and now they are sold packaged as 18 but they stuck well for me but I dont spray them at all. Lick them and stick them is what I do, you as well or do you sponge them?
No, the program doesn't give me the option to save files as JPEGS. As for the lables, I tried a sponge on the very first ones I made, but the ink ran badly as I smoothed the label on the bottle. That's when I started spraying them.
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I just use a glue stick on printed paper, cut them out on the paper guillotine ....Nothing fancy around here
Took an SG reading on this tonight, its @ 1.030 along with almost every wine I have started in the past 2 weeks and the funny thing is was that they were all started at different times with different yeasts and different volumes. I will rack this probably tomorrow and add the last 1/3 of nutrient to it. It smells incredible.
Okay, I guess I either should have stirred this before I racked or all the sugar thats left in this batch is floating at the top of the carboy as I just took a reading of this batch and it said 1.050 and when I took a reading last weekend it was 1.030!!!
Guess I should have stirred it but I do know thats what it read as it sunk pretty far down. Thats the 1st time to my knowledge that i got a false reading. Going to be an interesting batch.
Bottled this yesterday and labeled and capped it today, Ill let it sit for another 2 days to make sure its sealed good then try and find somewhere to put these in mt cellar, They are probably going to have to stay in their boxes on their side though. This batch is awesome will quite the flavor profile.
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wowsa!!!!
I just had my first ever in my life Black CurrantWine courtesy of Winemaker Wade Evans
I am gonna have to have my wife Google black currants and see what these things are all about...everyone here at the house said this is a good one...but I go further.....
Never having seen or tasted this wine I was at a loss as to being able to compare the color, tasteand aroma with anything previous imbibed.
This wine is all about taste, taste taste. And I can safely state that this wine will be gone this evening and that means unless I take a break I will not be able to find out what decanting does to the aroma oner an hour or two.
The early aroma is light and soft with alight hint that a summer fruitdish is sitting nearby.
The alcohol is medium light and an easy drinker. This wine is all about taste morethan anything else and that means a lot to me because I value a wine that you can drink...not sip...not for cleaning my palate etc. I want to *drink* a wine. If you have never had a black currant wine before(like me), i would suggest contacting Wade so that you have a standard by which you can judge future black currant wines. This wine would make me have noreservations about actually looking for a black currant wine in the future.
The flavor profile to me was ALL about black cherries....exceptionally good mouthfeel...something about it just hints at it beinga mildly carbonated beverage which I really enjoy because it makes it drinkable drinkable drinkable. And I want to gulp it.
Wade, tell me ....how will this age? What happens when it ages? How long can it age? Or is this meant to be an early drinker such is in under two years?
Great job!
I just had my first ever in my life Black CurrantWine courtesy of Winemaker Wade Evans
I am gonna have to have my wife Google black currants and see what these things are all about...everyone here at the house said this is a good one...but I go further.....
Never having seen or tasted this wine I was at a loss as to being able to compare the color, tasteand aroma with anything previous imbibed.
This wine is all about taste, taste taste. And I can safely state that this wine will be gone this evening and that means unless I take a break I will not be able to find out what decanting does to the aroma oner an hour or two.
The early aroma is light and soft with alight hint that a summer fruitdish is sitting nearby.
The alcohol is medium light and an easy drinker. This wine is all about taste morethan anything else and that means a lot to me because I value a wine that you can drink...not sip...not for cleaning my palate etc. I want to *drink* a wine. If you have never had a black currant wine before(like me), i would suggest contacting Wade so that you have a standard by which you can judge future black currant wines. This wine would make me have noreservations about actually looking for a black currant wine in the future.
The flavor profile to me was ALL about black cherries....exceptionally good mouthfeel...something about it just hints at it beinga mildly carbonated beverage which I really enjoy because it makes it drinkable drinkable drinkable. And I want to gulp it.
Wade, tell me ....how will this age? What happens when it ages? How long can it age? Or is this meant to be an early drinker such is in under two years?
Great job!
Thanks for the compliments. This wine ages very well as Black Currants have a decent amount of tannins in them. I had a few bottles hidden from my first batch for a few years and just consumed them a few months ago which means they had almost 4 years on them and were better then ever. I wish I had kept up on this wine more and will from now on to always have some bottles around with at least a year on them. This is by far my favorite fruit wine hands down. Did you at all taste any similarities between this and your wine as I tasted quite a bit of Black Currant in your wine which probably is 1 reason why I loved your wine and why I asked you if there was any Black Currant in your Sig. Blend!
