Dried Fruit Sweet Red Wine

Ingredients

 * 450 gram sultanas
 * 450 gram raisins
 * 450 gram dried elderberries
 * 225 gram dates
 * 225 gram dried bananas
 * 1 kilo can red grape concentrate
 * 1.36 kilo granulated white sugar
 * 1 teaspoon citric acid
 * 1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
 * 1 teaspoon pectic enzyme
 * 1 sachet of sauternes yeast

Directions

 * 1) Activate the yeast in a starter bottle.
 * 2) Boil the sugar in 0.5 litre water until its a syrup and leave it to cool.
 * 3) Store it in a stoppered container.
 * 4) Wash, dry and chop the dried fruit.
 * 5) Place them in a fermentation bucket and pour 2.5 litres boiling water over them.
 * 6) Stir well, cover and leave for 24 hours stirring twice more during this time.
 * 7) After 24 hours add the grape concentrate, the additives, 0.5 liters of the sugar syrup and the yeast culture.
 * 8) Cover it and leave for 4 days for fermentation to start, stirring at least once a day.
 * 9) Strain the liquid from the pulp do a jar, fit an airlock and put it in a warm place top ferment, shake it daily.
 * 10) S the fermentation dies down, add more sugar syrup, about 140 ml, until either all the sugar is used or the fermentation ceases.
 * 11) Leave to settle and rack when a sediment is formed.
 * 12) This wine will take a long time to mature and is best left in the jar than being bottled.
 * 13) It is advisable to top up after racking with either grape concentrate or a fruit juice.