Loire Style – Medium-Sweet White Wine

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Ingredients

• 1 Litre Apple Juice
• 1 Litre White Grape Juice
• 450g Rhubarb
• 450g Gooseberries
• 450g Canned Peaches
• 50g Honey
• 500g Granulated Sugar
• 225g Sugar for Sweetening
• Sufficient Pectolytic Enzyme
• Gervin No. 11 Yeast
• 1g / ¼ Teaspoon Yeast Nutrient
• Water to 4.5 Litres

Method

The aim here is to produce a wine roughly in the style of a lighter Bonnezeaux wine, with an alcohol level of around 13%.  This wine well repays a storage period of at least 12 months in the bottle.  It is then a very pleasant wine for drinking on social occasions, or when the summer evening calls for a restful period in the garden and a glass of a sweeter wine.

Freeze the Rhubarb and gooseberries before use for maximum impact.