Black Currant

[AlFulchino]

Glad to hear that they age well.
Yes I did notice a light similarity but noticed it only after tasting yours...as you know my wine is 100% vinifera and i was wondering what you and Rich were talking about. I had never had or seen a currant before and certainly not a black currant wine. But I would not hesitate after having yours.

 

[Wade E]

Ill have to send you some more wines to broaden your fruit horizon!

 

[grapeman]

Now you know we meant nothing but great things by saying it had hints of black currant- That is a good thing! I still have a bunch of frozen black currants from last year. I guess I will have to try a batch soon from real fruit and not puree. I wonder how the black currant buds fared with the cold weather this year? Guess I better check that too!.




Look what you guys did. You just made me even more work!

How did you guys like the weather today? I got a sunburn on my face! I'm not used to bright sunshine and 65 degrees in March!

 

[AlFulchino]

i do have to laugh because i was thinking..what the h*ll are these guys blabbering about w this talk of currant...what the h*ll is a damn currant hahahaah


hey i just found out that states like mass, nh and vt still have a ban on currants dating back to the plant being a vector for a white pine rust..apparently this all happened back in the late 1800's....the state of NY lifted the ban in 2003


***the weather is great...got my tan a couple of weeks back via the greenhouse...gonna be cloudy the next two days w some rain

 

[Wade E]

Great weather Rich, I got out there and hacked at some stumps from when I moved here and cleared out some land but didnt cut down as far as I should have.

 

[Waldo]

Just burn them suckers down wade.
Glad to see Al is broadening his horizons on fruit wines

 

[AlFulchino]

horizon????? i didn't have any horizon just the two square feet i was standing on

 

[Wade E]

We are going to beat you down with fruits AL!

 

[Chopper]

Wade,

I was wondering if your Black Currant batch was started from a Vintner's Harvest fruit base, or what? And did you add a body enhancer?

I'm wanting to start a batch of Vintner's Harvest Black Currant soon. I would shoot for an ABV of 10-11%, and would add an F-pack and back-sweeten. Would this work well with VH Black Currant?

Thanks,

Chopper

 

[Wade E]

It will work awesome and yes this was from a Vintners harvest base. My next batch will be from fresh fruit as i have finally found a place in my state that can supply enough of these at a decent price to me. I made an f- pac for mine out of a black currant juice, Black Currant can go a little higher on abv if you want as the flavor profile is very strong and can hide abv very nicely.

 

[joeswine]

FRUIT WINES ARE A WHOLE DIFFERENT CANVAS TO PAINT ON IT TAPPES THE CREATIVENESS IN THE WINE MAKER AND THE FUN OF WINE MAKING,DON,T GET ME WRONG BUT TO ME A GOOD CAB,IS JUST AS GOOD AS A GOOD RASPBERRY OR BLACKBERRY WINE.....THINK OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL WINE BOX...........

A

 

[Chopper]

Wade,


I was wondering if the Vintner's Harvest Black Currant is pure juice, or does it have pulp as well?


And did you add a body enhancer, or deviate from the recipe in any other way? I'm ordering mine today...


Thanks,


Chopper

 

[Wade E]

Check out page 1 of this post, I advise against what I did as it doesnt always quit when you want it to but typically works for me and this wine is 1 of those wines where abv doesnt matter to much as the flavor is strong enough to hide a pretty high abv. There is no fruit in this can unlike most of the other VH wine bases.

 

[imported_mtnwalker]

Dang it all Wade. You have created an addiction. I don't have the language of winemakers yet, but AL did a nice job.


Served a bottle of your black currant last week, and everyone raved. I am not new to fine wines, as my father had a fantastic cellar for wines he shipped from CA vintners via chemicals, and have enjoyed great wines while in Europe. Your black currant, matched anything I have had before, and inspires me to the hundreds of wild acres of berries, fruits, grapes that I have availiable. I will be trying to plant some currants this spring, and ordering some kit or juice now. been doing nothing but reading, reading since that taste to learn.


I'll do my best to read and research everything I can so as not to clog up the forum with questions.


Thank you for the inspiration.
John

 

[Wade E]

John, you have a whole new experience with wine forums as we love all the questions unlike the other forums you are used to! Glad to have you here and this is what i made that batch from although my next will be from local grown frozen berries.
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