Plum Wine

Garden plums make a rich, full-bodied wine with beautiful colour. Excellent with cheese and charcuterie. A great way to use a glut from the garden.

Plum Wine (4.5L / 1 Gallon)

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg plums (stoned)
• 1.2 kg white sugar
• 100g sultanas (chopped)
• 1 tsp yeast nutrient
• 1 tsp pectolase
• 1 tsp acid blend
• 1 Campden tablet
• 1 sachet red or rosé wine yeast
• Water to 4.5 litres

Instructions

Day 1: Stone the plums and place in a bucket. Pour over 2 litres of boiling water and mash. Add sultanas. Dissolve sugar separately and add. Top up. Add Campden tablet. Cover for 24 hours.

Day 2: Add pectolase, yeast nutrient, acid blend. SG should be around 1.085–1.090. Add yeast.

Days 2–7: Stir twice daily.

Day 7: Strain into demijohn.

Maturation: Plum wine at 6 months is drinkable but young. At 12 months it's rounded and complex with a lovely sweet plum character.

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