I have the selection estate pinot noir kit going right now. Last night I tried degassing by hand (shaking carboy around with airlock on) for nearly an hour and added my fining agents. Even the third and final sample I took gave a small puff after shaking it in the hydrometer tube. Just noticed today that I can use a Vacu Vin pump which I have to help degass it further.
Will it be too late to degass further if the wine has the fining agents in it and has been topped off with commercial wine for 24 hours?
Also, after adding 1.75 bottles of commercial wine to top off I still have a bit of airspace left over. I thought I was using a 6g carboy but apparently I was using my 6.5g carboy. Is it too late to transfer it to my 6g, should I add marbles to the 6.5g, or should I just leave it and not worry about it?
I was planning on racking in 8 days anyways so I could just rack into the 6g then.
Thanks,
Allen
Will it be too late to degass further if the wine has the fining agents in it and has been topped off with commercial wine for 24 hours?
Also, after adding 1.75 bottles of commercial wine to top off I still have a bit of airspace left over. I thought I was using a 6g carboy but apparently I was using my 6.5g carboy. Is it too late to transfer it to my 6g, should I add marbles to the 6.5g, or should I just leave it and not worry about it?
I was planning on racking in 8 days anyways so I could just rack into the 6g then.
Thanks,
Allen