chocolate wine

[Drmax]

I am looking for a recipe for chocolate wine. I live in Yucatan so I have a good source of fresh chocolate and honeys. I would like to make a drink that I feel would have been reserved for the Maya and Aztec royals. thank you

 

[Coffee49]

I have been doing a chocolate red for 2 years has turned out great. Recipe starts with a red port blend and half cup of Hershey syrup, allow headspace at startup for syrup cover top of vessel with towel.after primary racking, toss 4 grams of cocoa nibs in with the juice, let sit for 4 months, rack again adding 1/8 tsp of sulfite.6 months rack again this will leave the remaining sediment in vessel and prep wine for bottling.3 months bottle. Then wait 6 months to drink.

 

[Drmax]

do you mean that you make the red port or is it already made and infused or blended with the chocolate?

 

[Drmax]

And what quantity of port please?

 

[Coffee49]

Port blend is a type of juice already blended and fortified. It is available with other varietals that I pickup at the local wine juice farm.i use 5 gallon (19 ltr.) carboys. Easier on the back.

 

[Drmax]

OK, 1/2 cup of syrup to how much must? The whole 5 gallons or just 1?

 

[Coffee49]

Whole 5 gallons minus 1.5 L of juice to be stored in frig to be added when primary ferm slows to an occasional blub from airlocks.