#42 – Blueberry

Bottled (24) 375ml and (12) 750ml (from 5 gallons) at 13% ABV on 18 May 2014.

I’ve slowed down my home winemaking production in 2014, mostly to focus on getting Buchholz Cellars, LLC operational.  As such, it took until May to bottle the second wine of 2014, #42 Blueberry.

While blueberries have been an important of ingredient of #18 B.R.B. and #36 B.R.B., I had not yet made a wine with just blueberries, and “42” rhymes with “blue”, so why not?  😉  They’re related to cranberries and the fermentation seemed to follow a similar path, and produced quite a bit of hydrogen sulfide, which fortunately blew off.  As the cranberry wine ended up with a lot of sediment, I used more bentonite when fining, and let it stabilize for longer before bottling.

Time will tell if this blueberry will develop the very fine bottle-sticking sediments, but presently the wine is very clear and a lovely violet color.  Its aroma is definitely of blueberries, which is also evident in its taste (along with a bit of black pepper).  Light and perhaps half-dry.