Vintners Harvest Cherry Wine

[Wade E]

Here is the Cherry in its new home. What a beautiful color and taste. This one's gonna be a definite repeater.

 

[OGrav]

Looks really good. Was that just the concentrate or did you add some cherries also? I looked for the juice that pkcook mentioned, but couldn't find it in our local WM. I did find the cans of Oregon pie cherries though. That and blueberry is all they had for fruit.

 

[Wade E]

That is the Vintners Harvest Cherry Wine Base which has the fruit in it
that you have to put in a ferm. bag. If you look on page 2 you can see
that there is a good amount of fruit in it.


Edited by: wadewade

 

[kutya]

Hey wade, what did you do with the cherries after fermentation? I saved a bunch and froze them. I was thinking about adding them to a mead. Do you think there would be any flavor/value to doing this or are they just trash???? What i mean here is can they be fermented a second time around????

 

[Wade E]

Not when I'm done squishing every little droplet of that precious juice
out of them. Dont forget , I make a 6 gallon batch out of what is
designed to do 5 so every little bit matters.

 

[kutya]

I guess I'll just eat them over vanilla Ice cream then....

 

[Wade E]

Welp, shes still fermenting nice and slow, have to rack it tommorrow as
theres a good1/2" to 3/4" thick lees now. Shes really clear for a wine
thats still fermenting though. Ill post some pictures and let everyone
know where the SG is. Shes going nice and slow with the cool temps in
the basement. I got to get some of those sticky thermos but will float
a thermo in tommorrow to see what the actual temp is. I know shes
chilly though.

 

[kutya]

glad to hear it's coming along.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Cherry Wine sounds like one I would like to try. Do all those Vintners Harvest Wines ferment so slowly??? Or are you wanting it to be a slow fermenter???

I think I will also try a Vintners harvest Cherry at some point...have planted some cherry trees, but think it will be about 3 years before first harvest...so...will order a 'bumper crop' of cherries from Vintners Harvest and give it a try someday.

Edited by: Northern Winos

 

[CajunTim]

Wade, did you use 1 can or 2? Look like a lot of cherrys and juice for 1 can.

 

[Wade E]

1 can and its slow due to the cold temps in the basement. I'll update
this later with pictures and specifics as I will rack it tonight.

 

[Wade E]

Okay the Cherry is racked at an SG of 1.002 and a temp. of 60*. Hard to
believe this and the Raspoberry are doing so well at this temp. Here
are some pics. that I promised. It was still bubbling, see what happens
now that its been racked without the lees.

 

[Wade E]

In its new home for awhile!

Just noticed that I am snagged with my sampling off to the right. It is
very good but I still think the Black Currant is the best.


Edited by: wade

 

[pkcook]

Hey Wade,


That looks very good. My cherry was very dark as well. How's the taste?

 

[Wade E]

Its pretty darn goo, almost as good as the Black Currant which is hard to beat in my opinion.

 

[Waldo]

It would have to be very very good to beat that Black Currant wade...looking great my man

 

[Wade E]

Waldo, the 2nd batch is still aging. It is stabilized and clear at least as far as I can tell. The stuff is so dark ya know.

 

[NorthernWinos]

All your wine are looking great Wade...introduce us to them and tell us at what point they are in their 'lives'....anxious to see you bottle some of these.

I can hardly wait to mix up some of the Wine Base wines and get a taste of them....

Waiting is so hard!!!!

 

[Wade E]

Front left is the Black Currant which has been bulk aging for about 3
or 4 months now. Behind that is the Raspberry that came out of primary
about three weeks ago and is still bubbling pretty good with little
bits of fruit going up and down like a lava lamp. By the way, my father
has a collection of lava lamps, about 32 in all and he lights um all up
about every night! Front right is the cherry and extreme right is the
Welches Niagara that was oaked with my wood from work that I toasted.
All the way in the back which you might not be able to see is the
conccoction like Waldo made of all the leftovers that wouldnt fit after
sweetening up carboys.It has Welches melomel, Strawberry orange banana,
Cranberry and will probably contain some black Currant, cherry, and
raspberry eventually before I bottle thayt too.

 

[NorthernWinos]

It's nice to look at them and know what stage they are at..One more question...What yeasts do you use in the Vintners Harvest Wines????

The Niagara is so nice and clear...looks about ready to bottle...

32 lava lamps, huh...interesting...thanks for sharing...Edited by: Northern Winos