SIHA Pectinase W Liquid enzyme is a highly active enzyme preparation capable of dissolving pectin that is formulated produced by aspergillus niger submerged-fermentation culture especially for wine making. It helps to increase the juice yield and improves the extraction of color and aroma. It enhances the quality of the wine and lowers production costs.
Application | Qty oz/ 1,000 gal (ml/hl) |
When to add | Standing time in hour |
White wine mashes | 4 – 8 (3 – 6) |
after crushing | 1 – 3 |
Special Silvaner mashes | 5 – 10 (4 – 8) |
after crushing to the mash | 2 – 5 |
Red wine mash fermentation | 4 – 8 (3 – 6) |
after crushing to the mash | during fermentation |
Red wine mashes that are to be flash pasteurized | 2.5 – 6 (2 – 5) |
after cooling to at least 122 °F (50 °C) to the mash |
3 – 8 |
Must processing: Must reserves | 4 – 6 (3 – 5) |
after pressing to the must | 2 – 5 |
Must made from botrytic harvest | appr. 6 (5) |
before fermentation to the must | |
New wine that is difficult to clarify/filter | appr. 9 (7) |
7 days before fining/filtra-tion to the new wine | |
Improvement of the Cross-Flow filtration | appr. 13 (10) |
7 days before filtration to the new wine |