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WE Eclipse Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel

Emailed my wife and son. I've been talking to him about the vacuum transfer setup for a while now... Come on, Santa! Come on, Santa! :snta:snta

Thanks for the insights. It'll definitely be dry! I was mostly concerned whether or not the sorbate would prohibit some of the wonderful whammadyne stuff from occuring during bulk aging. By the comments, I guess not. Thanks for the suggestion to leave it out if fermenting dry and not...

My first wine kit is an unoaked chardonnay. Racked to secondary. Waited required period; degassed, added potassium metabisufite AND potassium sorbate. Directions say to let it sit to clear. After clearing, is it advantageous to rack it to a clean carboy and allow it to bulk age (more for flavor...