I'd probably use it to top off. Do you have a lot of "stuff" floating in your wine? If so, you can count on losing a lot of volume when racking.
Sammyk said:I put the lees in a carboy and then in the fridge. Next time I rack I leave the lees. I actually wound up with an extra half gallon of wine when I racked off the gallon carboy from the fridge that held all the lees.
Boatboy24 said:Is it not clear yet? Has it been degassed?
reeny said:Yes it is very clear. We just racked it into another Carboy and put a tsp potassium sorbate in to the 5 gal. We should be able to back sweeten and bottle in 48 hours
fivebk said:You may want to check on the amou nt of sorbate you added. It doesn't sound to me like you have added enough. Mine calls for 1/2 tsp per gallon. Yes you need to add 5 tablets. Make sure these are both added before you back-sweeten.
BOB
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