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Cherry Wine Recipe Used As Part Of The Cherry Wine Project
July 19th, 2008 by
Scott Young
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Here’s the cherry wine recipe that I am following for my batch wine that will be featured as part of The Cherry Wine Project (as found on page 8 of the “Winemaker’s Recipe Handbook” by Raymond Massaccesi):
CHERRY, Sweet:
>> Please note that this recipe produces 1 gallon of wine so multiply as appropriate to the size of batch you would like.
6lb Mixed Cherries
1/2 pt Grape Concentrate (we used both red and white)
7 pts Water
2 3/4 lb Sugar (granulated)
3/4 tsp Pectic Enzyme
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient
1 Campden, crushed
1 pkg Sherry or Port Yeast
Starting S.G. 1.100 - 1.110
Method:
1. Wash, remove stems and leaves, and remove pits (use a pitter — either mechanical or a couple of extra hands from around the house). Be careful not to break the bitter pits.
2. Using a nylon straining bag mash and squeeze out juice into straining bag, tie top and place in primary.
Note: We used an actual fruit press to press the cherries and to remove the juice. We then added the cherry skins to a cheese cloth “sock”, which we then put into the primary.
3. Stir in all other ingredients EXCEPT the yeast. Cover primary.
4. After 24 hours add the yeast.
5. Stir daily, check S.G. and press pulp lightly to aid extraction.
6. When ferment reaches S.G. 1.030 (about 5 days) strain juice from bag. Syphon wine off sediment into carboy (secondary). Attach airlock.
7. When ferment is complete (S.G. has dropped to 1.000 — about 3 weeks) syphon off sediment into a clean secondary. Reattach airlock.
8. To aid clearing syphon again in 2 months and again if necessary before bottling.
Cherry Varieties:
Most cherry trees do not adapt well to a mild winter climate. The handsome trees, the crown of flowers in spring, and the fruit, whether sour, sweet or crosses, make them highly desirable.
Sour varieties include: Montmorency, North Star, Early Richmond and Meteor.
Sweet varieities include: Bing, Royal Ann, Van and Lambert.
If you’re interested in reading more blog articles on cherry wine (and other related recipes) consider reading the following articles in the blog-o-sphere:
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July 25th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
hey scott, very good recipe, im using same book, also book by englishman C.J.J.Berry first steps in winemaking.just racked cherry for third time, good aroma, taste a little tart but really good, will see how it ends up at bottling.also making 5 gal. of peach, unusal aroma not bad, finally clearing, this will be fourth racking, taste a little dry, has a heavy acohol content, bit of a bite at first taste, but smooths on second.i’ll keep watching your cheery prodject.till the end.
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