Young’s Red Grape Juice Concentrate 1 Litre

Young’s Red Grape Juice Concentrate 1 Litre is a concentrated winemaking ingredient for red and dark-fruit country wines. It adds fermentable grape sugars, grape character and body, and can also be used as the main base of a 4.5-litre non-varietal wine batch when following a suitable recipe.

What Is Red Grape Juice Concentrate Used For?

Red grape juice concentrate is useful when a country-wine recipe needs more grape character, fermentable sugar or body. It can help give fruit wines a more vinous character without relying on extra plain sugar alone. Follow the individual recipe for any additional wine yeast, nutrient, acid or tannin required.

Uses

• Enriching red and dark-fruit country-wine recipes
• Adding grape character, colour and fermentable sugar
• Using across several 4.5-litre batches
• Making a small wine batch from concentrate when following the relevant instructions

How to Use Red Grape Juice Concentrate

1. Measure the amount required by your recipe. For general enrichment, Young’s recommends 200–250ml per 4.5 litres.
2. Add the concentrate to the must and mix thoroughly.
3. Take a hydrometer reading before adding further sugar because the concentrate already contributes fermentable sugar.
4. Continue with the yeast, nutrient and fermentation steps specified by your recipe.

Typical Dosage

For enriching country wine, Young’s recommends 200–250ml per 4.5 litres. Follow your recipe if it specifies a different quantity. At that enrichment rate, one 1-litre bottle is enough for roughly four to five 4.5-litre batches.

Product Details

• Colour: red grape
• Pack size: 1 litre
• For fermentation and home winemaking
• Ingredients: grape juice; preservative: sulphur dioxide (E220)
• Contains sulphites

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I make wine using grape juice concentrate as the main base?

Yes. It can be used as the main grape base for a small non-varietal wine when you follow a suitable recipe and use the required yeast and other additions.

Do I still need to add sugar?

That depends on the recipe and the starting gravity. The concentrate already contains fermentable grape sugars, so check the must with a hydrometer before adding extra sugar.

Is this ready-to-drink grape juice?

No. This is a concentrated ingredient intended for fermentation and home winemaking.

Does it contain sulphites?

Yes. The product contains sulphur dioxide (E220) and should be treated as containing sulphites.

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