{"id":2145,"date":"2019-09-02T18:01:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:47:46","slug":"adding-pectic-enzyme-to-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/adding-pectic-enzyme-to-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding pectic enzyme to your wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Pectic enzyme at a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AKA pectinase<\/li>\n<li>A protein that breaks down pectin within fruit<\/li>\n<li>Added to juice or must pre-fermentation<\/li>\n<li>No notable downside of using this additive<\/li>\n<li>Available in powder or liquid form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Right&#8230; but why is it important?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Using pectic enzyme increases juice, tannin, flavor, and color extraction<\/li>\n<li>Aids in clearing wine by eliminating potential &#8220;pectic haze&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Who should use pectic enzyme?<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re making wine of any kind, whether from grapes or any other fruit, adding pectic enzyme will be a positive influence on the end result. Both home and commercial winemakers use pectic enzyme as a means of extracting the most they possibly can from their fruit.<\/p>\n<h3>When should I add it?<\/h3>\n<p>Since it works more slowly after fermentation has completed, add it beforehand. Add at the beginning of fermentation after temperatures have begun creeping up. It works best at around 80F; lower temperatures.<\/p>\n<h3>How much do I add?<\/h3>\n<p>For white juice\/wine, 1-2g\/hL. For red must\/wine, 2-4g\/hL. It comes in either powder or liquid form; depending on the producer the recommended dosage may be different so always be sure to double check the label before making an add.<\/p>\n<h3>What happens if I don&#8217;t add it?<\/h3>\n<p>Simply put, there&#8217;s no reason to not add it. Not adding it runs you the risk of having a pectic haze develop. This can be very tricky if not borderline impossible to fix later on; adding pectinase post-fermentation will also not work as well, if at all.<\/p>\n<h3>OK, I think I&#8217;ve got it now. But can we go over this one more time?<\/h3>\n<p>Adding enzyme post-crush\/pre-fermentation increases free run juice, color and tannin extraction in both reds and whites, increases filterability and clarification, and lowers chances of pectic haze development. There are <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.juicegrape.com\/results.aspx?SearchText=enzyme\">many options<\/a><\/strong><\/span> you can choose from for your pectic enzyme needs, either powder or liquid form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pectic enzyme at a glance AKA pectinase A protein that breaks down pectin within fruit Added to juice or must pre-fermentation No notable downside of using this additive Available in powder or liquid form Right&#8230; but why is it important? Using pectic enzyme increases juice, tannin, flavor, and color extraction Aids in clearing wine by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[652,421,647,648,650,44,328,206,365,646,649,10,651],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iStock-126215461-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ZM5f-yB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2145"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4420,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145\/revisions\/4420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}