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Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
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Location: Berkshire

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 7:28 pm Post subject: Oak leaf Wine
(Just posted this on the RC forum.) When is the best time to pick leaves ? At the moment they are small and pale, is it better when they are bigger ? Anyone made/making any ? Dave

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Thu May 12, 05 8:13 am Post subject:

Depends what kind of wine you want

Make them in spring and you get a tasty, slightly tanniny wine, whereas if you make it later (normally in autumn, but before the leaves start to turn brown) it's got a sharper, richer, and more tanniny flavour. I prefer spring, but I'll confess to not making this wine most years, it's not a favourite.

A quick googling brought up this:
https://winemaking.jackkeller.net/oakleaf.asp

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Thu May 12, 05 9:30 am Post subject:
I had some lovely oakleaf and elderflower wine a while ago, I must have a go at making it- the combination was wonderful, it toned down the elderflowers beautifully and had a real 'quality white' flavour to it. Any ideas of how to achieve this one would be good, wasnt sure if they'd made two wines and blended them or used both ingredients in the same brew

cab

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Posted: Thu May 12, 05 10:00 am Post subject:

Oooh, now that idea I like a lot. A lot a lot.

Google gives us this to mull over: Oak and Elderflower Wine

Haven't seen a recipe.

Terry Garey in her excellent book "The Joy of Winemaking" reccomends blending wines to experiment, and if they work making them as a combination from scratch.

I'm tempted to try this; ue a half quantity each of oak leaves and elderflowers. I rather fancy this as a medium wine, not too dry.

Think I have to try this.

Last edited by cab on Thu May 12, 05 2:32 pm; edited 1 time in total

Blacksmith

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Posted: Thu May 12, 05 2:21 pm Post subject:
Thanks for that, better make both !

jema
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Posted: Thu May 12, 05 2:24 pm Post subject:
Hey Cab, did you know doing {url=...}here{/url} is a lot easier on the forum width!

cab

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Posted: Thu May 12, 05 2:32 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

Hey Cab, did you know doing {url=...}here{/url}

is a lot easier on the forum width!

Really?

Blacksmith

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Location: Berkshire

Posted: Sun May 15, 05 8:46 pm Post subject:
Made some..........smells foul...........normally a good sign

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