The best wine you have ever made!

[vernsgal]

I made it for my fiftieth birthday. Happy B-Day to me (last week)!

Happy be-lated birthday Dave.Welcome to the 50's club

 

[geek]

You are probably right Varis, I think it was a pound, maybe a little more. That was after it had cleared for about a month. The currants just sat there, soaking in the carboy, imparting their specific flavor. I did not measure the SG, but I bet the currants did not add a lot of extra sugar. Just a hint. I didn't want to overrun the nice dry red very much.

Thank you for the questions...and the belated.

Thanks Dave, I wonder what different would the black currants be versus the raisins?
I know you didn't put that Sav through MLF (I remember that post in joe's thread).

I also bought chilean malbec and cab sav in May and put them through MLF and added oak spirals after MLF was over. I wonder if adding those dried black currants now would be ok....

 

[spaniel]

An apple wine made from hard, green apples from an ancient tree in my parents' yard. It was the nastiest stuff we ever made and reeked of yeast after fermentation; somehow, a year forgotten in the corner of the basement worked miracles.

 

[dangerdave]

Thanks Dave, I wonder what different would the black currants be versus the raisins?...I wonder if adding those dried black currants now would be ok....

I'm sure you would like the improvement. They definately add an extra something wonderful to the finished product.

 

[terroirdejeroir]

Two bests: Best kit -> CC Showcase Walla Walla Cabernet Merlot (even better than Red Mountain Cab); Best fruit -> Hard Rockin' Cider boosted up to 18% ABV, but still super smooth and balanced.

 

[Boatboy24]

Haven't been at this long enough to tell yet, but I opened up a split of my Red Mountain Cab last night. It is definitely the best I've made.