I made a rose with a bucket of Viognier and 3 pounds of Syrah grapes. It turned out great. I had to back sweeten and used a commercial wine conditioner that I bought off of Morewine. The instructions stated that if you use the more than 1/3 of the bag you do not need to add sorbate. I added the entire 500ml. The wine was great. I gave it to my mother-in-law as a present and she loved it. I received a call asking why a couple of the bottles were leaking? There is also a white sediment in the bottles. So she took them outside and preceded to tell me how all afternoon she hears loud explosions from all the bottles popping their corks.
I didn't cold settle or filter this wine, I only relied upon the wine conditioner. Next time I will filter .5 micron and try to cold settle if I can. I will also make sure I add sorbate on my own and not rely upon the bag of wine conditioner.
does that sound about right? I really don't have much experience back sweating wine.
on a positive note, my mother in law said she hasn't laughed that hard in a while.
I didn't cold settle or filter this wine, I only relied upon the wine conditioner. Next time I will filter .5 micron and try to cold settle if I can. I will also make sure I add sorbate on my own and not rely upon the bag of wine conditioner.
does that sound about right? I really don't have much experience back sweating wine.
on a positive note, my mother in law said she hasn't laughed that hard in a while.