Apple Blackcurrant fortified wine

[GeneDaniels1963]

I was putting away some cider in the shed, and found a 2 year old bottle of apple blackcurrant 20% fortified wine. It is really good! The only problem is I was out of regular bottles when I made it, so it is in a magnum bottle (1.5 lt). Way too much of a good thing.

I think I am going to rebottle it into small bottles, or at least half of it so I can let it sit for another year.

 

[Blacksmith1]

2 years it should be good. Let us know how the un rebottled part was.

 

[GeneDaniels1963]

It was sweeter than I expected, but that was good and helped cover up the bite of 20% abv. The apple came through the clearest, the blackcurrant was mainly in the background. Either way, it is a good wine. But the real test will be when the wife tries it. She loves a sweet fortified wine from a local winery, and so I wonder how she will like this one.

However, I wish I had tried to keep it a little lower, say 17 or 18%. I think that would have still stopped the fermentation while sweet and would have allowed more of the fruit taste to come through. I will probably make another small batch this spring, but only go to 17% when I fortify.

 

[GeneDaniels1963]

The better half tried it and was amazed. She thought it was as good or better than the fortified white wine we buy from the local vineyard.

 

[hamiltonkiler]

The better half tried it and was amazed. She thought it was as good or better than the fortified white wine we buy from the local vineyard.

What did you fortify with. I did some strawberry bourbon last year and it’s great.

 

[bmd2k1]

I was putting away some cider in the shed, and found a 2 year old bottle of apple blackcurrant 20% fortified wine. It is really good! The only problem is I was out of regular bottles when I made it, so it is in a magnum bottle (1.5 lt). Way too much of a good thing.

I think I am going to rebottle it into small bottles, or at least half of it so I can let it sit for another year.

What was it fortified with? Cheers [emoji111]

 

[GeneDaniels1963]

I used either PGA or Vodka, can't remember which. But I could not taste it at all in this 2 yr old wine.