Easy Black Plum Wine – 13 Steps

Plum trees are blossoming right now.  Have too many?  Well that’s not a problem any more.  It’s time to take those extra pieces of fruit and make a delicious wine out of them.  This wine recipe is a dry plum wine.

Ingredients 

Yield: 1 Gallon

3 pounds black plums

2.5 pounds sugar

Juice of 2 oranges

1/4 teaspoon tannin

1 teaspoon pectic enzyme

1 package Lalvin RC 212

1 teaspoon yeast nutrient

1 teaspoon acid blend

Directions

1. Cut the plums into halves removing the pits.
2. Transfer the fruit to a plastic bucket and mash fruit as well as you can.
3. In a small pot, add 1/2 gallon of water and sugar.  Bring to boil and mix together.
4. Pour the mixture over the plums.
5. Add all ingredients to bucket.
6. Let the mixture ferment for 1 week.
7. Rack the solids from the liquid, keeping the liquid.
8. Rack into a glass container.
9. Let mixture ferment for 1 month.
10. Rack mixture let it sit for 2 months.
11. Rack one more time, let it sit for  1 month.
12. Bottle, cork and cellar.
13. Wait 3 to 6 months before you open your first bottle.