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    Smells like dirty socks

    I have 5 different red wines aging. A cab a Chianti, pinot, merlot, and mixed black. They have been aging for two months. Only the mixed black has a bad smell. It tastes good. Just not the smell any suggestions?
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    Red wine fermentation.

    So after primary fermentation 1.010 I racked my cab into a car boy. It was very slow getting to 1.000. It's been a month now. I was hopeful it would be .996 by now. It's still bubbling, and there is about 1/2 inch of sediment at the bottom. Question is should i rack it off that sediment now and...
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    Flavors in red wine.

    So it's my second time making wine and I'm making some wine with oak powder and I plan on oaking some in a oak barrel I purchased. But all that aside I buy red at the store with hints of plums, dark chocolate, spices, vanilla, and so on. Does anyone know how they do this? If really like to get...
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    After fermentation and racking

    I'm going to buy regina juice buckets of red wine, I keep getting different info. There website says to add 1 gram of potassium sorbate and one gram of potassium metabisulfite per gallon after fermentation. And that's it. No more before bottling. I was told not to do either. I was told...
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