METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRONG GRAPE WINES Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: wine producing industry.

SUBSTANCE: method involves preparing a blend mixture of rectified ethyl alcohol with dried treated wine material in the range of volume part of ethyl alcohol from 60 to 75 vol.% and the following seasoning the mixture on wood barrel for 3 months, not less, before the grape harvest yield. Grape must is prepared from grapes by crushing grapes, separation of combs and sulfitation of pulp that is fermented to the recommended content of residual sugar. Wine material is treated by cold for clearing aim followed by alcoholization with the blend mixture saturated with tannic and extractive substances from oak wood to the necessary alcohol concentration in wine material and then treated by cold again for stabilization of wines against turbidity, kept in oak barrels and tanks for 6 months, not less, and in solar chambers for 4 months, not less. The ready production is packaged into barrels and tanks with capacity up to 10 dal and bottled also. The proposed method provides preparing wine with stably high quality for shorter time (from 375-495 to 320-330 days), and to reduce loss of must and alcohol in the alcoholization process from 0.06 to 0.03 and from 0.22 to 0.09%, respectively.

EFFECT: improved producing method.

2 tbl, 2 ex