Bottled (21) 375ml and (10) 750ml (from 5 gallons) at 22.5% ABV on 10 February 2013.<\/p>\n
Mr. Jones’ mysterious plums were once again in season, and I was back at his tree picking as many as I could. \u00a0I was hoping to get enough for a 5-gallon batch — but alas, there just wasn’t enough. \u00a0Fortunately, there was a farmer’s market nearby, and I found enough Fortune plums to make up the difference. \u00a0They were quite dark in color compared to the mysteries, and this has led to a darker, redder, wine. \u00a0They were also sweeter, which is why this batch ended up being much stronger than my first plum<\/a> wine.<\/p>\n I also tried to solve the problem I had with the first batch, and tried to clear the wine quicker with bentonite clay (with limited success) and wait longer before bottling. \u00a0Eventually, my patience wore out, and I bottled anyway. \u00a0So far, there seems to be less sedimentation, but there’s still more than I’d like.<\/p>\n Definitely more of a kick to this wine, but it has good plum flavors and works well as an aperitif or a desert wine. \u00a0It also works very well as a vermouth replacement in a Manhattan!<\/p>\n Update 14 August 2014 – A quite a bit\u00a0(but certainly not all) of the redness appears to have fallen out as sediment… \u00a0I guess plum wine just needs time to settle properly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bottled (21) 375ml and (10) 750ml (from 5 gallons) at 22.5% ABV on 10 February 2013. Mr. Jones’ mysterious plums were once again in season, and I was back at his tree picking as many as I could. \u00a0I was …<\/p>\n