Rose Wine
![]() Rose Wine Fermentation
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Rose wines are made from red
grapes but the process differs from red wine production. Instead of
prolonged skin contact, rose wines undergo only 24-48 hours of skin
contact depending on the depth of colour desired.
The 'must' is pressed and the juice is cold settled and fermented as in white wine production. |
Fortified Wine
![]() Nellies Paddock Port
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Fortified wines are wines to
which additional alcohol has been added. The added
alcohol is either Brandy (a spirit distilled from wine and aged in oak
barrels) or 96% ethanol (neutral spirit distilled from grapes).
During fermentation, yeast consumes sugars producing alcohol
until the alcohol level reaches over 16-18% depending on the alcohol
tolerance of the yeast. In the fortification process,
Brandy or ethanol is added to the fermenting must
and the
fermentation
process is prematurely halted leaving behind residual sugar.
The earlier the addition is made, the sweeter the fortified
wine will be.
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