SIHA® Active yeast 8

SIHA® Active yeast 8 – Burgundy yeast for colour stable red wines

SIHA® Active yeast 8 (Burgundy yeast) is a powerful dry pure breeding yeast for the safe fermentation of red wine mash and red wine musts. The specially selected strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae (WF 748) ensures intensive colour preservation, rapid fermentation and reliable final fermentation – even under demanding conditions.

Ideal for:

• Spätburgunder
• Black Riesling
• Trollingers
• Portuguese
• Other red wines

Your benefits at a glance

• Specially developed for red wine mashes and red wine musts
• Demonstrably reduced color adsorption – high color stability
• Rapid and safe fermentation
• Alcohol tolerance up to 16 % vol.
• Clean fermentation with low formation of unwanted by-products
• Suppresses wild yeast and unwanted bacteria

Application & Dosage

Dosage:

• Red wine mash: 15–25 g/hl (normal) | 20–30 g/hl (difficult conditions)
• Red wine must: 15–20 g/hl (normal) | 20–25 g/hl (difficult conditions)

Optimal fermentation temperature: 20–26 °C
Minimum temperature: 12 °C

Rehydration is recommended in the 10-fold Quantity Most water mixture at 30–35 °C for about 10 minutes. Alternatively, direct addition is possible (increase dosage by about 20%).

Product quality

The yeast is vacuum packed under protective gas and is subject to strict quality controls. It can be stored at 4–10 °C for up to 4 years (undamaged packaging).

Available in 500g and 125g