Nasturtium Flower Wine
Nasturtium flower wine is a delightful and rounded white wine that can be made easily in late summer / early autumn.
The humble nasturtium is a popular decorative plant that grows easily and abundantly in all soil types across the world, not only is it pretty, but seeds, flowers and leaves are most brilliant in salads and garnishes.
The humble nasturtium is a popular decorative plant that grows easily and abundantly in all soil types across the world, not only is it pretty, but seeds, flowers and leaves are most brilliant in salads and garnishes.
The wine from the flowers is a dark golden amber wine -although if you use read flowers, the wine takes on a more rose hue.
The Nasturtium wine is mellow medium bodied, near dry wine with high spice notes, particularly peppercorns, both on the nose and the palette.
The Nasturtium wine is mellow medium bodied, near dry wine with high spice notes, particularly peppercorns, both on the nose and the palette.
Below you will find the recipes for a 1 gallon a batch.
1 GALLON
- 1 pint Nasturtium flowers
- 1.2kg granulated white sugar
- 1 banana
- 1 teabag
- Water to 1 gallon
- Preferred wine yeast
Method:
- Pour your nasturtium flowers into a clean fermentation vessel.
- Add your sugar and pour over 2L of hot water.
- Add one banana, chunked up along with the peel, and add 1 teabag.
- Allow the mix to infuse and the flavours to extract with the hot water. Top up with cool water to the 1 gallon mark.
- Add your yeast of choice.
- Leave the must under an airlock for 3-5 days before straining and racking into a demijohn.
- When the wine has finished fermenting, rack again and set it aside for 3-6 months.
