3 best homemade rose grape wine recipes
At home, you can easily create wine from rose grapes. The drink will be sweet, tart and aromatic. Alcohol prepared according to the recipe will not be inferior to the store product. If you let the drink brew, you will be able to taste a wine with a strength of 12 degrees with good organoleptic characteristics. Distillers will have to learn certain subtleties of the process and take into account a number of factors.
The subtleties of making homemade wine from rose grapes
There are a few tricks that distillers should be aware of:
- We are talking about sweet varieties, then you do not have to add a lot of sugar to get a delicious drink.
- In the process of creating alcohol, it is better to use spring or bottled clean water, you can pass it through a filter, let it settle.
- It is better not to interfere with several varieties, use one, but if you decide to create an assortment, then take into account the characteristics of the berries.
The best varieties
The following varieties are suitable for creating alcoholic beverages:
- Pink Isabella - like a fruit, it is not eaten, but it is also used to create drinks on an industrial scale;
- Taifi - large berries, rich in juice, fleshy, with high sugar content; well suited for creating alcoholic beverages;
- Pink haze - a variety that is highly sweet, transported well, but often prey to wasps and bees;
- Peach pink - with a sugar content of 23 percent, ripens early, large fruits, frost-resistant variety.
How to make rose grape wine at home
To prepare a drink, you will need to follow the recipe. There are several ways to help you create quality alcohol yourself.
Classic recipe
We will prepare a drink according to the following recipe:
- Grind the grapes, crush the berries to make juice, add water (depending on the amount of juice).
- We fill everything with sugar, mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon or a washed hand.
- We place the container in a room with a stable temperature, cover the neck with gauze.
- After a few days (5-7), when the active phase of fermentation is over, drain the mash, remove the pulp, add more sugar.
- We equip the container with a water seal or a glove with a hole in the finger, wait for the fermentation to complete.
- We remove the wash from the remainder, filter it and pour it into a container that is specially prepared for this, close it with a tight lid.
- We keep alcohol in a cool and dark room for 3 months; aged wine is better in all respects.
Yeast option
We add yeast to speed up the fermentation process, it can be live - unwashed raisins.
If you want to use yeast, then add it to the mash, first dissolve it in warm water. Such mash will ferment faster and more actively, but the drink will have a peculiar taste from yeast.
Isabella grapes
When using this variety, pay attention to the amount of sugar. You can follow the classic recipe, but add more sugar to the mash.
Attention! If 5 kilograms of grapes usually require 2.5 kilograms of sugar, then its amount is increased to 3.
Parsing the recipe:
- the berries are crushed, placed in a fermentation container (approximately a bucket of grapes is required);
- covered with sugar and remain in the container until the end of the active phase of fermentation;
- then the pulp is removed, squeezed out, the product is not filtered, sugar is added, everything is thoroughly mixed so that it dissolves;
- the wine starts to ferment again, this process will go slowly, it will take several weeks / months. To understand that fermentation is over, a water seal will help;
- when fermentation is complete, the product is removed from the sediment, filtered and poured into containers with a tight lid;
- for about 2 more months the wine will “pick up” the taste and aroma, it will become lighter, acquire the necessary characteristics.
Attention! When the drink ferments, it is better to keep it in a warm place, the room temperature should be stable and not fall below 18 degrees.
Storage rules
It is better to store the drink in a cool, dark place. Temperature fluctuations can spoil the characteristics of the wine.
During the aging process, when the product “gains” aroma and taste, it should be kept in a cellar or underground.
How to use rose wine correctly?
The drink is poured into a suitable glass, let it stand for a few minutes. Drink cold, in small sips, to feel its taste and aroma.
Rosé wine goes well with most dishes, the product will complement the celebration, gatherings with friends. If alcohol is prepared correctly, strictly following the recipe, then it will delight and surprise even an experienced distiller with its characteristics.