IB,
Just trying to wrap my head around this - i read a little bit but it wasnt enough to respond in an answer, for Bernard... And most of what i read (theres very little i could find on wine) related to either soda pop, rainfall or our blood.. So i may be a bit abstract / off...
CO2 + H20 = H2CO3
While CO2 doesnt change pH, what i read says that H2CO3 can (albeit a 'weak acid'). And its practically impossible to get ALL of the CO2 out of wine (at room temp).
Theorize with me for a second...
Say you make a fruit wine (usually water added for one reason or another), it ferments fine - assuming it makes CO2, pushes out a bunch while some forms carbonic acid - would it make sense that, in the end, since you cant remove all the CO2 at room temp, that a greater majority of the bound-up CO2 in carbonic acid would be left in solution, and the free/dissolved CO2 would escape first? Seems like this could result in a pH change, sometimes seen during a fermentation..?
The pH would change during fermentation due to the creation of carbonic acid, and would remain the same because degassing would remove free CO2 first and potentially not unbind H2CO3.... ?
How far off am i?