Autumn Ruby (Dry Red Wine)
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Blackberries
- 2 lbs Elderberries
- 2 lbs Sloes
- 1 lbs Apples
- 1/2 lbs Raisins
- 1 1/2 White sugar
- Pectic Enzyme
- Yeast Nutrient
- Yeast
Put the blackberries, elderberries, apples and raisins through an electric processor, mash the sloes by hand and remove the stones. Add six pints cold water, pectic enzyme and one crushed Campden tablet. Cover and leave for 24 hours before adding 1 1/2 lbs sugar, nutrient and yeast starter. Cover and leave for four days, stirring daily. Strain liquid into clean container, add 1lb sugar, cover and leave for three days. Pour carefully into fermenting jar, fit airlock and ferment out. Rack, sulfphite and mature in normal way.
