I did degas and used meta that was in the kit. I sulfited again on my last racking yesterday (10ml of 10% solution Meta). You helped me understand why I never had to degass when working with grapes. Do you think I should degass again? Does it take time for the meta to stop malolactic...
I started a Sonoma Cab Crushendo kit back in March. Chose to bulk age in 5 gallon carboy. The wine also spent about 4 weeks in a new 5 Gallon American oak barrel. Basically followed the instructions except for the bulk aging. I also did not use the sorbate as I did not think it was necessary...