Mango wine - please help!
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Hi Lisa,
Would be interested to know what it tastes like!! best wishes. Tony
Would be interested to know what it tastes like!! best wishes. Tony
I'll be sure to report back Tony. It'll have to be a tiny bit though because the wine is for my daughter-in-law
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I visited the Mango Place and got drunk, drinking the wine and eating frozen Jack fruit. Haven't touched it since but I do love spicey mango chutney, I made that last year when the mango's were in season.
https://themangoplace.com.au/
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OK Best wishes,
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Long journey for me, about 5 hours from Melbourne, going back again in March but a bit further south, Margaret River one of the premier wine making regions. Also where the Mango Place sends its mango's to get made into wine.Looks like an awesome place, wow! Long journey for me though for a bit of mango!
Just be patient and put it away at a constant temperature for a month and then check back in with a gravity reading.
If it's behaved and fermented out, rack it off to a clean demijohn leaving all the fruit puree and dead yeast behind and leave it another month before even contemplating bottling.
If it hasn't behaved, then there are ways to rescue it and get it restarted.
Wine is the 'long game', accept that and it'll all work out.
If it's behaved and fermented out, rack it off to a clean demijohn leaving all the fruit puree and dead yeast behind and leave it another month before even contemplating bottling.
If it hasn't behaved, then there are ways to rescue it and get it restarted.
Wine is the 'long game', accept that and it'll all work out.
So the mango wine has finished fermenting. Took 17 days in all. Finished at 0.992. I have racked off into an old (sterilised) water bottle and de-gassed. Added finings this morning and seems to be clear already. Took three hours to get to this. Will add picture below. I’m amazed! I used the young’s one. Will leave it until tomorrow to be sure it’s completely done then I’ll rack again to storage vessel. (5L kilner jar with a tap).
Not gonna lie the colour looks foul and like it’s gonna taste like something you scraped off your shoe, lol 
So @Tony Palmer you were asking how it tastes? It’s like a white wine with a hint of mango on the finish. Took a little sample and popped a bit of sugar in. It’s actually really nice, I’m really surprised. Definitely looks better now it’s in the storage vessel too. I’ve stored it in my downstairs loo which is currently 8 degrees. Gonna leave it a couple of weeks before I give it to my DIL.
Looks great what are you planning next?
Thank you! A ginger mead and a rhubarb & raspberry wine. Also got to finish off the cherry batch that I started as the same time as the mango. Also gonna do a dry red wine to cook with. Should have them going within a couple of weeks I would have thought.
Keep us posted.
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Not gonna lie the colour looks foul and like it’s gonna taste like something you scraped off your shoe, lol
Sulfurous perhaps?
No it wasn’t, it was just the lighting of the room I think. However I think my cherry batch might be, it pongs!
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Dear Lisa,
Glad it turned out OK. I have never tried mango, but a red fruit + cherry wine would be great for your cooking or mulled wine needs. HNY
Glad it turned out OK. I have never tried mango, but a red fruit + cherry wine would be great for your cooking or mulled wine needs. HNY
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