Description
- DRY YEAST Create your best sparkling wines with Red Star Premier Cuvee Wine Yeast. This strain is used to ferment reds, whites, and sparkling wines. This yeast is one of the fastest, cleanest, and most neutral of all Red Star wine yeasts.
- QUALITY This strain helps create roundness in the finished wine for a smooth texture and mouthfeel, making it perfect for crafting for traditional sparkling wines, Chardonnays, Cabernet Sauvignons, and more. Premier Cuvees alcohol tolerance allows you to craft wines up to 16% ABV.
- FLEXIBLE FERMENTATION Premier Cuvee works well even in the most difficult winemaking conditions. This strain performs best in a wide fermentation temperature range of 50-86F.
- HOME FERMENT INGREDIENTS To begin fermentation, rehydrate yeast in 50 mL of water at a temperature of 95-100F. Gently stir to dissolve, then wait 20 minutes and add to the wine must. This packet of active dry yeast ferments up to 5 gallons of wine.