Randoneur
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In September I goofed and wound up with a lot of SO2 in my Norton wine. I knew it was high so I mixed25% wine in spring water andchecked it with Titrets.Using the results x 4 on two tests I got 200 and 250 ppm. Ipoured the winein a bucket and poured the wine from one bucket to another 4 times and thenpoured the wine back to the carboy using a funnel.
Now the wine has rested for about 3 weeks, so I thought I would see how much of the SO2 had dropped before racking. (My plan was to splash rack every few weeks)
Today, I again mixed 25% wine in spring water and tested with Titrets. I was shocked to find 64 ppm (16x4)! Not a believer, I mixed 50% in spring water and tested with Titrets and got 70 ppm (35x2)!! I broke out the AO kit and ran a test - 40 ppm!!! The wine looks, smells, and tastes fine. I think it's time to invest in some oak for this wine.
I know I splashed this wine pretty heavily, but does this much drop in SO2 seemreasonable???
Now the wine has rested for about 3 weeks, so I thought I would see how much of the SO2 had dropped before racking. (My plan was to splash rack every few weeks)
Today, I again mixed 25% wine in spring water and tested with Titrets. I was shocked to find 64 ppm (16x4)! Not a believer, I mixed 50% in spring water and tested with Titrets and got 70 ppm (35x2)!! I broke out the AO kit and ran a test - 40 ppm!!! The wine looks, smells, and tastes fine. I think it's time to invest in some oak for this wine.
I know I splashed this wine pretty heavily, but does this much drop in SO2 seemreasonable???