Raspberry Wine Question

I am about to follow this recipe from 'First Steps in Winemaking' by CJJ Berry:

4 lb. raspberries 1 (Imperial) gallon boiling water 3 ½ lb. sugar Yeast and nutrient

Method: Bring the water to the boil and pour it over the fruit; then leave it to cool. Mash the fruit well with the hands, or with a wooden spoon, then cover it closely and leave for four days, stirring daily. Strain through at least two thickness of butter muslin on to the sugar, and stir thoroughly to dissolve. Add a good wine yeast (Burgundy, Port or Sauterne is best), ¾ oz. baker's yeast, or a level teaspoon of granulated yeast, and stir well in. Leave for 24 hours, closely covered, in a warm place, then put the liquor into your fermentation vessel, and fit trap. Ferment it right out, and when it clears, siphon the wine off the lees into clean bottles.

I'm sure there are many better recipes, but few simpler. A couple of questions, though:

As a homebrewer of beer, 'yeast nutrient' to me is ammonium phosphate. Is this used in winemaking?

Would it benefit from the addition of rohapect during the extraction stage?

Lastly, what do I expect from a raspberry wine? I know what I'm hoping it will be like, but I've never tasted raspberry wine. Should I consider bolstering its 'vinosity' with a tin of grape concentrate?

Thanks in advance.

Reply to
Sam Wigand
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Please be advised that I am a novice when it comes to Raspberry wine. I am just about to bottle my first batch after bulk aging for about a year.

  1. What about pectin enzyme? I know this is something I added and is recommended for a lot of fruit wines.

  1. I used black raspberry and mine has a very powerful fruity bouque.

  2. I mixed mine with welches white grape juice and used Merlot to top up my carboy after rackings. I did this to improve balance/complexity.

  1. I am happy with what I have now and hoping it will get a lot better with age. It is not as complex as the red wines I have done from kits though so it is different from a grape wine.

Have fun:)

Reply to
Michael E. Carey

Well, you have already answered what was to be my next question - how long to age it. I wasn't sure whether it would be best drunk young or would improve with aging.

Rohapect is a mixture of pectolase and other enzymes, so I will already be adding some during extraction.

Thanks.

Reply to
Sam Wigand

Raspberry wine is good! I like mine dry. We aged ours in the garage over the winter and spring and it came out really yummy.

Reply to
tessamess

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