horacegoeskiing
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Hi
I have been doing wine kits now for 1 year and have had a lot of fun and made a few mistakes along the way. However I’ve now started doing more premium kits such as the Selection and Kenridge Showcase series and would like to make sure I’m going in the right direction.
Firstly I’m using better bottles for the secondary fermenter and once I have degassed, stabilised (not racked as I don’t want have the head space increased with oxygen) how long would you recommend I leave them like this before I rack and bottle to get the best quality wine. I know the instructions talk about 2-3 weeks before bottling but ive read that many of you bulk age the wine. Is there big taste difference? And if there is, is it ok to have the wine sitting on the remaining sludge at the bottom of the fermenter after adding the Kieselsol for so many months.
The second question - I add 5 crushed and dissolved campden tablets to the fermenter just prior to bottling. Is this enough as I hope to keep some of the bottled wine for 1 or maybe 2 years?
Many thanks
I have been doing wine kits now for 1 year and have had a lot of fun and made a few mistakes along the way. However I’ve now started doing more premium kits such as the Selection and Kenridge Showcase series and would like to make sure I’m going in the right direction.
Firstly I’m using better bottles for the secondary fermenter and once I have degassed, stabilised (not racked as I don’t want have the head space increased with oxygen) how long would you recommend I leave them like this before I rack and bottle to get the best quality wine. I know the instructions talk about 2-3 weeks before bottling but ive read that many of you bulk age the wine. Is there big taste difference? And if there is, is it ok to have the wine sitting on the remaining sludge at the bottom of the fermenter after adding the Kieselsol for so many months.
The second question - I add 5 crushed and dissolved campden tablets to the fermenter just prior to bottling. Is this enough as I hope to keep some of the bottled wine for 1 or maybe 2 years?
Many thanks