Raspberry Wine

Vibrant, aromatic, and absolutely delicious — raspberry wine is one of the finest fruit wines you can make. Best drunk relatively young.

Raspberry Wine (4.5L / 1 Gallon)

Ingredients

• 1.3 kg raspberries (fresh or frozen)
• 1.0 kg white sugar
• 1 tsp yeast nutrient
• 1 tsp pectolase
• 1 Campden tablet
• 1 sachet rosé or white wine yeast
• Water to 4.5 litres

Instructions

Day 1: Place raspberries in a bucket and mash. Pour over 2 litres of warm water. Dissolve sugar and add. Top up to 4.5 litres. Add Campden tablet. Cover for 24 hours.

Day 2: Add pectolase and yeast nutrient. Check SG (aim 1.078). Add yeast.

Days 2–4: Stir daily. Raspberries ferment very quickly.

Day 4: Strain into demijohn. The wine will be a stunning deep pink.

Maturation: Raspberry wine is at its finest at 6–9 months — brilliantly fresh and aromatic. After 12 months the freshness fades. This is a wine to drink young.

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