The Hydrometer Readings for Best Flavour
THE HYDROMETER Readings for Best Flavour
| Red wine | dry light
dry full bodied |
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| Rose wine | light dry
light sweet |
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| White wine | very dry
light dry light sweet |
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| Cherry | fresh, not sweet
sweet, full bodied |
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| Port/Maderia | light sweet
full bodied |
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| Sherry | dry
medium dry sweet |
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| Kir | light dry
sweet, full bodied |
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| White Vermouth | dry
medium dry |
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| Red Vermouth | dry
sweet |
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| Capri bitter | medium dry |
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| Capri can be fortified, with advantage with 75 cl Vodka.
Sweetness should then be increased to: |
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| Black currant | as required |
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| Blackcurrant can be fortified, with advantage, with 35 cl of white rum of good quality. |
| Bowle wine (approx. 20 litre) |
dry
medium light sweet |
chaptalise with 400 grammes sugar
chaptalise with 500 grammes sugar chaptalise with 600 grammes sugar |
| Even better than sugar, is to add Liqueur Base, 3 ml equals 1 hydrometer degree in 1 litre of wine. |
| Grape juice is excellent for adding sweetness and imparts a more fruity flavour.
3 ml of grape juice adds 1 hydrometer degree in 1 litre of wine. Example: 20 litres of red wine is to be corrected from 10 degrees to 0. 10 hydrometer (with Oechslescale) degrees x 3 ml grape juice x 20 litres = 600 ml. 1 kilogram of grape juice is approx. 750 ml. |
